Three bodies, including one suspected to be of a murdered man, were found at separate locations in Lucknow, prompting police investigations into the circumstances surrounding the deaths, officials said on Tuesday.
The body appeared to be around three days old. In the third incident, the body of a woman was found along a roadside near Badshah Khera Nahariya under Indiranagar police station limits. The body was sent for a post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of death, and an investigation is underway.
The body of an unidentified man, aged around 35, was found stuffed in a sack beneath a culvert in the Amavan forest area under Banthra police station limits in the morning, police said. She had gone to meet her cousin Bittu in Malhaur around 4 pm on Monday, according to information provided by the family.
The man was tall and thin and was wearing a red shirt and blue lower, according to a police statement. His family members expressed suspicion that he had been murdered and his body subsequently hung from the tree, citing a previous dispute and altercation with a neighbour, police said. The woman was identified by her husband, Ranjit Singh, as Anita Singh, police said. No visible injury marks were found on her body during the initial examination, police said. Police said the exact cause of death would be established after the post-mortem report, and further legal action would follow.
