Panic prevailed in Hathaikheda dam area after a body of a man in the age group of 30-40 years was found in the dam coming under Piplani police station, on Sunday.
According to the police a man was found near Hathaikheda Dam in the afternoon and after the body was spotted by the locals, police were informed and on the receipt of the information a police team was rushed to the spot that started the investigation.
The circumstantial evidences suggest that the body was around one day old and crabs were found over the body and were removed after the body was fished out.
In the initial investigation police have not found any visible injury marks which suggest that the deceased might have committed suicide or he fell incidentally in the dam.
Police have started investigation and nothing which could establish the identity of the deceased was found except a key which are similar to key to door locks.
The deceased was also wearing jacket. A tattoo Amar Krishna was found over his hand which could help in the identification of the identity.
The reason behind the death could not be ascertained as the post mortem report is awaited.
Possibility of poisoning could not be ruled out and it is possible that the deceased was poisoned somewhere else and later body was dumped in the dam.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC.