Revenue officer found dead days after he goes missing in Maharashtra

The deceased had gone missing since the morning of August 28, when he left home around 8.45 am, stating he was attending a post-funeral ritual.

Four days after a revenue officer posted in Thane went missing, his body was found in Shahapur in the district on Thursday morning, police said.

The body has been sent for postmortem to a government hospital and police have registered a case of accidental death. (Representative Image (File Photo/PTI))

The deceased, identified as Arun Shelar, 56, served as a Mandal Officer and headed the vigilance team in the sand mining branch at the district collectorate.

The victim was found hanging inside a metal corrugated shed located near his residence.

Shelar had gone missing since the morning of August 28, when he left home around 8.45 am, stating he was attending a post-funeral ritual. But when he failed to return, his concerned family members launched a search and then lodged a missing person report at the Shahapur police station.

His body was found around 6.30 am by his brother when he was walking near the residence. Local transported him immediately to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

During their preliminary search, the Shahapur police recovered a note addressed to Shelar's wife. Initial findings suggest that the note mentions no one should be held responsible for his death.

The body has been sent for postmortem to a government hospital and police have registered a case of accidental death.