Shimla, March 11 The live-in partner of a 54-year-old government employee has been booked for murder after he was found dead in their rented accommodation in Manali, police said on Wednesday.
The deceased, identified as Ranjit Singh, a resident of Lahaul and Spiti, worked as a peon in a government school and had been living with Namarta in a rented house in Patlikuhal village for the last five years.
The matter came to light when Namarta reported to the police on Tuesday, informing them that she had a fight with Ranjit on Monday night and found him unresponsive the next morning.
Following this, police and family members of the deceased man reached the spot.
Ranjit's wife, Tali Palmo, said that his body bore injury marks on the neck, chest, and stomach, and she alleged that he was murdered.
Family members said that Ranjit arrived in Patlikuhal on March 7. They said he was in an intoxicated state when he last spoke to his wife on the phone on Monday night.
Manali Deputy Superintendent of Police K D Sharma told