A 35-year old taxi driver who went missing on May 26 from Ashoka Garden area was found murdered in the jungles of Rehati town under Obedullahganj police station area of neighbouring Raisen district.
According to the police, the victim Zafar Khan was found dead around 10 days after he went missing on May 26. The victim went missing after the taxi was booked for Pachmari and around four men were scheduled to board the taxi from Habibganj.On Monday victim's wife Reshma lodged a complaint with the Ashoka Garden police regarding her missing husband. In the complaint she claimed that her husband Zafar went missing after he was assigned a trip to Pachmarhi and never returned and the vehicle also remained untraceable.
After preliminary investigation the Ashoka Garden police registered a case of kidnap and started searching for the victim. In the initial investigation the police found that the victim had gone for a trip to Pachmari for Baba Travels of Jehangirabad. The travel company confirmed that a taxi was booked for Pachmari and the passengers were scheduled to board from Habibganj but after the victim left he went missing and never returned.
During the investigation the police found that Rehti police have found an unidentified body in the jungles of Rehati and in further investigation it was found that the body is of missing victim Zafar Khan.
The post-mortem report suggested that the victim was strangulated to death and the taxi was taken by the killers. The circumstantial evidences suggest that the victim was killed for the taxi but nothing could be ascertained and the reason behind the murder would be investigated.The police have registered a case and have started further investigation.