An angry mob pelted stones on Kotwali police station after body of a Sub Engineer was found hanging in Chendra about 5 km from the district headquarters here on Sunday. Around four persons including the Station House Officer of Kotwali police station was injured in the stone pelting, Additional Superintendent of Police, Dewvrat Sirmaur informed.
Body of Shankar Soni was found hanging from a tree in the forests of Chendra. Soni is a resident of Namna Kala in Ambikapur and was posted as Sub Engineer in Janpad Panchayat Surajpur and had reached Ambikapur on March 5 for celebrating Holi, the ASP said. However, he was missing for the last two days and his body was spotted by some locals on Sunday who then informed police, he said.
After examining the body, doctors opined it as a suicide case. However, family members of the deceased are claiming that he was murdered, the ASP said, adding, body has been sent for post mortem and we would be able to comment over reason of death only after the report is obtained.
Meanwhile dissatisfied with police investigations, the family members, friends of Soni started pelting stones on the Kotwali police station and police had to use force to quill the mob, ASP informed.