A dead body of a middle aged man was found hanging with a tree in vegetable market of Maloya on Tuesday morning. Police identified the deceased with the help of mobile phone.
The dead body of Ram Saroop which was found hanging on a tree, was noticed on Tuesday morning by a passerby in the vegetable market near police station sector-39 who informed police about the incident.
A police team reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem at Government Multi Specialty Hospital of sector-16. Police did not find any suicide note from the spot. However, a mobile phone in the pocket of deceased was found.
The deceased, a 50 year-old resident of Maloya, was identified by police with the help of the phone. Ram saroop, who left his four children behind him, was a vegetable vendor. The wife of deceased also died few months ago.
The children of deceased, who were informed about the death of their father, identified his dead body and also informed police that he had been under stress for a long time.
Surjit Singh Malik, DSP/UT police, said that police have initiated an inquiry in the incident and the body of deceased will be handed over to the family members after postmortem. Police suspected it to be a case of suicide,he added.