A 44-year-old man was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Trilanga under Shahpura police station area on Monday. The body of Ashish Mehrotra was found on the ground floor of the apartment. Police said at around 10 am the deceased was found lying in an unconscious state and was rushed to Bansal hospital where he was declared dead.
Additional Superintendent of Police Zone 2 Riyaz Iqbal said that the investigation has been started. The circumstantial evidences suggested that it was an accident but as the post mortem report was awaited nothing could be ascertained and other possibilities could not be ruled out at the moment.
In the investigation it was found that at around 9.30 am Ashish had gone to the fifth floor to take sun, but later he was found dead at the ground floor of the apartment.
Rajan, an employee of Mehrotra was scheduled to collect money to deposit in bank account of the company. When Rajan arrived at Mehrotra’s apartment the family informed that he was at the fifth floor but Rajan returned soon after he failed to find Mehrotra at the fifth floor and before they could start search for him, they got the information that he is lying at the ground floor.
The victim used to live at 3rd floor of Chanakya apartments at Trilanga and owned a Bajaj bike showroom at Hoshangabad road. The police have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.