The local police have launched a murder probe after a 23-year-old man was found hanging near a private hospital in Sector 21, where he was employed as a watchman.
The victim was identified a Satinder Singh, a resident of Saketri, Panchkula.
Police said they received information about a body hanging from a tree outside the hospital around 2.30 am on Friday.
A police team rushed the man to the civil hospital in Sector 6, where doctors declared him brought dead.
After contacting his family, police learnt that he was working as a watchman at the hospital and had left the house at 7 pm on Thursday for night duty. The family alleged that Satinder was receiving threats and had even visited the Sector 21 police post with a complaint, but police did not entertain him, claiming he was “mentally upset”.
On the family’s complaint, police registered a case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 5 police station against the unknown accused. Police are scanning CCTV footage from the area for clues about the accused.