Rohtak, Feb. 13 -- A 32-year-old cloth trader was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hotel room in Hisar and his female friend was found missing from the room, police officials said on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Pradeep Kumar, who was running a kids cloth shop in Hisar's Agroha. He is survived by his wife and three daughters-aged 8, 5 and 1.

According to police officials, Pradeep along with his married friend Pratibha checked in at a hotel in Hisar on Wednesday evening.

"When the hotel staff knocked on the door of the room to give a mobile phone to Pradeep after it charged, they did not get any response. Then, they found his body lying on the bed and his female friend was missing from the room. The hote...