Fight between hotel staff, one dead

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: A hotel cashier died after he was allegedly beaten up with a wooden log by a housekeeping staffer on Thursday morning. The incident took place around 6 am at a hotel in Murugeshpalya under Jeevan Bhima Nagar Police Station limits in Bengaluru.

The deceased was identified as Subhash, a native of West Bengal and a cashier at Citadel hotel. The accused was identified as Abhishek, who was working as maintenance staff member at the same hotel.

According to the police, Subhash was sleeping on a sofa in the hotel when a completely drunk Abhishek attacked him with a wooden log.

Subhash succumbed to severe head injuries. When police arrived at the spot Subhash was dead and his body was lying in a pool of blood, sources told News Trail.

It was revealed during the investigation that Abhishek’s wife was also working at the same hotel and it is said that Santhosh was taking liberties with her. Abhishek h=ad warned Santhosh on several occasions earlier.

On late Wednesday night, the two argued over the same issue following which Abhishek killed Santhosh. Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Bheemashankar Guled said that the accused had cunningly destroyed CCTV installed inside the hotel.