Shimla, February 21 An 86-year-old British national was found dead in his room at a hotel in the Lower Kaithu area of Shimla city, police said on Saturday.
According to the police, Suryavanshi reported that a foreign national staying in room number 103 of his hotel was lying unconscious in his room on Friday evening.
A police team led by a deputy superintendent of police rushed to the scene.
The elderly foreigner – identified as Barry Elvin Moss – was found lying unconscious on the floor. He was subsequently taken to IGMC hospital, where he was declared dead, police said.
According to police, during preliminary questioning, the hotel staff said that after the foreigner did not respond to repeated calls and his room was found locked from the inside, the staff opened the door with a spare key and found him lying on the floor.
A police inspection was conducted at the scene, and evidence were collected. The room was then sealed, police added.
The deceased's body has been placed in the mortuary for post-mortem, and correspondence has been made with the UK embassy regarding this, officials said.
Further action will be initiated under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and an investigation into unnatural death (suicide, homicide, or accident) will be taken up after a response is received from the UK embassy, they added.