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Three held after guest found dead in hotel

SUKKUR: Three of the four suspects nominated in the mysterious death of a guest, Faheem Abbasi, staying in an upscale hotel situated along Airport Road late on Saturday evening, were arrested and eventually remanded in police custody forinterrogation on Monday.

The Abad police produced Kamran Mahar, Muzamil Kamangir and Mehboob Malik in the court of the first additional district and sessions judge and obtained their five-day remand. A fourth nominated suspect, Zeeshan Malik, could not be arrested till Monday evening. The FIR against them was lodged by Murtaza Abbasi, a brother of deceased Faheem Abbasi.

He has accused the suspects of having blackmailed his brother, calling him to Sukkur from Larkana and then killing himin the hotel.

The police sharing initial investigation into the case with the media said that there were indications of certain ‘indecent acts’ by the suspects. They claimed the suspects, during interrogation, admitted having used ice while they had been in the hotel.Correspondent