Raipur Rani police have booked unknown persons for murder of a 33-year-old man whose body was found under a bridge near Khetpurali village on Wednesday morning.
PSI Pritam Singh, station house officer (SHO) of the Raipur Rani police station, said the victim Harinder Singh was a resident of Tira village in New Chandigarh.
Police said the victim was a drug addict and had been admitted to a rehabilitation centre in Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) from October last year to April 12. “He had been suffering from leg pain and had earlier visited Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, Chandigarh. On Tuesday, he again left home, informing his family that he was going to the hospital for a check-up, but he never returned,” the police said.
The next day, his body was found under mysterious circumstances. His car, turban, mobile phone and slippers were missing from the spot. He is survived by his wife and a one-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
The postmortem was conducted on Thursday and the body was handed over to the family. Police have sent the viscera to a forensic laboratory to ascertain whether he was poisoned.
Based on the circumstances in which the body was found and a complaint filed by his brother, Satinder Singh, police have registered a case of murder. Police are examining CCTV to trace the movement of the deceased and identify the accused. Police suspect that he may have been killed elsewhere and his body was later dumped at the location.
{{/usCountry}}Based on the circumstances in which the body was found and a complaint filed by his brother, Satinder Singh, police have registered a case of murder. Police are examining CCTV to trace the movement of the deceased and identify the accused. Police suspect that he may have been killed elsewhere and his body was later dumped at the location.
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