Kanpur: A 55-year-old security guard was found dead inside a locked box at his home in Kashiram Colony under Civil Lines police station in Etawah on Sunday afternoon, after neighbours reported a foul smell. Police suspect strangulation and are searching for his daughter, who lived with him and is missing.
Shyam Sundar (55) lived in house number 215, Block 14, behind TB Hospital, and worked at a hotel near Purani Prakash Talkies through SK Agency.
Singh said police teams were searching for Pooja and gathering information from relatives. The cause of death would be established by the post-mortem examination, she said. Police broke open the locked house and recovered Sundar’s swollen body from a box. blood was found inside the box Although no external injury was visible.
Neighbour Hasina Begum said she noticed a foul smell on Saturday but thought a rat had died. She alerted police after the smell intensified on Sunday.