Kanpur : The semi-nude body of a 30-year-old man who had left home to visit a Dussehra fair was found in bushes at Tiwari Park in Kanpur’s Naubasta area on Wednesday evening.
Naubasta police station in-charge Bahadur Singh said the circumstances of Sunil’s death and how he reached the park were still unclear. Meanwhile, local residents spotted the body in the bushes at Tiwari Park and alerted the police. Unable to immediately establish the man’s identity, police sent the body for postmortem. When Sunil’s family reached the police station, they were informed that an unidentified body had been recovered and were asked to visit the postmortem house for identification. The family later identified the body as Sunil’s. However, they expressed suspicion over the circumstances surrounding his death, citing the disappearance of his belongings and the fact that the body was found semi-nude.
The family approached Naubasta police on Wednesday and lodged a missing person complaint.
When he did not return till late at night, family members tried to contact him but found his phone switched off. He added that the family had not yet submitted a written complaint. Further action would be taken based on the postmortem report and the findings of the investigation.
His elder brother, Sushil Singh , said Sunil had left home on Tuesday afternoon to visit a Dussehra fair.
They claimed that Sunil’s mobile phone and nearly Rs 10,000 kept in his wallet were missing and sought a thorough investigation.