Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Army Havaldar Found Dead in Meerut Hotel Bathroom
Parvinder Singh was a 34-year-old Army havaldar travelling toward Roorkee with two companions.
They stopped at a hotel in Meerut to rest before taking a bus.
Singh went into the bathroom and did not come out for a long time.
His companions knocked, but he did not answer.
They asked hotel staff for help, and the bathroom door was opened.
Singh was found lying on the floor and was dead.
Police think he may have died from cardiac arrest, but the postmortem is needed to confirm what happened.
Havaldar Parvinder Singh, 34, was found dead in a hotel bathroom in Meerut’s Begumpul area.
Police received information about his death at around 5 pm on Tuesday.
Singh was posted with the Bengal Engineer Group in Roorkee and was travelling there with two others.
His companions sought hotel staff’s help after he did not respond from inside the bathroom; the door was broken open.
Police suspect cardiac arrest, but said the postmortem would establish the exact cause of death.
- Who
- Havaldar Parvinder Singh, a 34-year-old Army personnel from Ambala.
- What
- He was found dead on a hotel bathroom floor; police suspect cardiac arrest, pending postmortem findings.
- When
- Police received information at around 5 pm on Tuesday; the report identifies the update as Wednesday.
- Where
- A hotel in the Begumpul area of Meerut, in the Sadar Bazar area.
- Why
- The exact cause of death is not yet established; police suspect cardiac arrest.
- Deceased
- Havaldar Parvinder Singh, 34
- Native place
- Ambala
- Posting
- Bengal Engineer Group in Roorkee
- Location
- Hotel in Meerut’s Begumpul area
- Police notification
- Around 5 pm on Tuesday
- Suspected cause
- Cardiac arrest
- Next step
- Postmortem to establish the exact cause of death