MUSSOORIE: A 27-year-old software engineer from Delhi was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a homestay on the Mussoorie-Dhanolti road on Monday morning. She had checked in with her husband on Saturday night.
P Radha Gayatri, a resident of Kidwai Nagar in Delhi, worked for a tech firm in Gurgaon, according to the police. Her husband, Soumya Shricharan, is also a techie based in Pune. The couple married on November 8, 2025, and their families originally hail from Visakhapatnam.
Police received an emergency call around 7:30 am on Monday, reporting that a female guest was unconscious. A police team, along with medical personnel, rushed to the spot and found Gayatri dead. Devendra Chauhan, station officer of Mussoorie police station, said, “The victim was found lying naked on the floor, and there was blood on the bedsheet. We also recovered two empty liquor bottles from the room.”
The husband told police that they had consumed alcohol and went to sleep around 3:30 am. He claimed that upon waking up, he found his wife unconscious and bleeding from her nose. When approached by the media, Shricharan refused to comment.
According to police, the couple had traveled from Delhi to Rishikesh on May 13 before arriving at the Mussoorie homestay around 11:30 pm on Saturday. Investigators are treating the death with caution. Authorities are awaiting post-mortem results to determine the exact cause of death. The case has sparked concerns about safety at homestays in the region.
