An official working at the Pantnagar Airport was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room dressed in woman’s clothes, inside the airport premises in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district. The deceased was wearing a bindi and lipstick when he was found on June 24, police said.
The man was identified as Ashish Chausali. Superintendent of Police (city) Udham Singh Nagar district, Manoj Katyal said it appears to be a case of suicide but no note was found at the scene.
Katyal said Chausali is said to have had dinner with a friend and a relative before retiring to his room on the night of June 23. His room was locked from the inside and had to be forced open the following day, after which he was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead, he added.
Police said Chausali hailed from the Pithoragarh district and worked as assistant manager (air traffic control) at the airport. His wife is a school teacher in Pithoragarh and the couple has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, they added.
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