Keonjhar: A doctor engaged in a Covid hospital was found dead in a hotel room in Odisha’s Keonjhar district today. The deceased was identified as Asha Charan Majhi (55) from Jamada village.

Today Asha Charan was found sleeping in his room at Prince Hotel located near the State Bank of India, Keonjhar branch. When the hotel staff tried to wake up Asha Chran, he was found dead. Following this, the hotel owner informed the police.

A person known to the doctor said he was last seen at the Covid hospital located in Ranki where he was working.

After registering an unnatural death case, the police sent the doctor’s body for post mortem to the Keonjhar District Headquarters Hospital.

Reasons behind the doctor’s death are yet to be known. The post mortem report will reveal the cause behind his death, a police official said.