US businessman found dead in hotel room days after arriving in Hyderabad

Mitchell Brian Lee, a 41-year-old American, was discovered unconscious in his hotel room in Hyderabad.

HYDERABAD: An American national was found dead in his hotel room at Marriott Executive Apartments in SLN Terminus, Gachibowli, on Thursday evening.The deceased, Mitchell Brian Lee (41), a resident of California, had arrived in Hyderabad on Nov 2 for business purposes along with his business partner David Wu.The two were staying at the hotel. According to police, Lee had not responded to phone calls since the evening of Nov 4. When hotel staff opened his room 1218 on the 12th floor around 6.30 pm on Nov 5, they found him unconscious on the bed.Emergency medical personnel were alerted, but he was declared dead at the scene. Gachibowli police reached the hotel, inspected the scene and registered a case under Section 194 of BNS.

The exact cause of death has not yet been confirmed and will be established after postmortem. However, officials suspect it could be a cardiac arrest. Further probe is on.