A 26-year-old youth was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Jain Colony under Nishatpura police station area late in the night on Saturday.
According to the police the deceased Vidhyadhar Jain was found in an unconscious state at his house and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
The Investigating Officer SI Banwarilal said that in the initial investigation based on the preliminary investigation the possible reason of the death could be food poisoning or cardiac arrest but nothing could be ascertained and would be confirmed after receiving the post mortem report.
Deceased’s father contacted the deceased but failed to contact on Friday and later on Saturday he again contacted him but the result was same and then deceased’s father informed his son-in-law who went to check and found that the door was locked and lights were off after which he informed the police and on the receipt a police team reached the spot and found that the door was found locked from inside after when they made forced entry the deceased was found in an unconscious State and later declared dead by doctors, he added. The family owned two houses in the city and one was in Jain Colony where the deceased used to live and where he was found dead.
The deceased used to work with Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation in Khajuraho and around two months he lost his job. The job was of contractual nature and he served for around four months. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.