JOIN USA 45-year-old small-time auto parts trader was found dead in mysterious circumstances at Burari in north Delhi on Saturday evening.
Police said the mystery behind his murder can be known after the post-mortem report comes as there were no injury marks on the victim’s body.
Mohan Mishra, who hails from Bihar’s Darbhanga district and was living in Baba Colony at Burari for last 10 years, was found lying dead near his house on Saturday evening, a day after he left home, police said.
‘No injury marks’
“When we recovered his body, there was no injury marks and his clothes were not torn either,” said a police official.
“We have sent his body to the hospital for a post-mortem,” added the official.
During preliminary investigation, police found that Mishra left home on Thursday for Kingsway Camp in north Delhi.
From there, he called his wife and told her he would return soon but in the evening his phone was switched off.
Went untraceable
Till late night, the family members of Mishra kept looking for him and when they were unable to trace him, they approached Burari police station and registered the complaint of a missing person .
“On Saturday evening we received a call about a body lying on the road from a passerby. We informed the family members, who identified the body,” added the officer. Police said he might have been killed on Thursday only.
“Whether he was poisoned or strangled, we can only find after the post-mortem report results. We are questioning his friends and acquaintances,” said the officer.