A 40-year-old man was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Badwai under Gandhi Nagar police station area on Tuesday. Injuries marks in his neck suggests man was murdered, claimed the police.
After the locals spotted a man lying in an unconscious state, panic prevailed in the area and police were informed and on the information, a police team rushed to the spot and took the man to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Aslam.
The body was found behind Mahaveer hotel in the afternoon after which police were informed.
After the preliminary investigation, the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
CSP Ayodhya Lokesh Sinha said that there were injuries marks in the region of neck which might be due to sharp edged weapon. Body has been sent for postmortem. Police recovered a body in the afternoon in Gandhi Nagar. Later in the investigation, the identity of the deceased was established.
During the investigation, police found that the deceased left the house to help one of their neighbours to shift household goods from his rented house to another locality in the evening at 9 pm on Monday but he failed to return and later he was found dead behind Mahendra hotel.
The neighbour who was helped by the deceased would be questioned.
The police said that his call record details would be investigated.
