A 74-year-old retired deputy director of Agriculture Department was found drowned at pond at Naya Basera slums under Kamla Nagar police station area on Friday.
Sensation prevailed in Kamla Nagar area after an elderly man was found drowned in pond made for idol immersions in the morning on Friday. Police were informed by locals and a police team rushed to the spot and started investigation.
Addl SP Zone 1 Dharamveer Singh Yadav said that he deceased was identified as Sitaram Singh. External injury marks were not found and possible if internal injury or reason of death would be revealed in the post mortem report.
Possibly the deceased slipped at slope and drowned but to ascertain the reason of death is not possible at the moment and would be investigated, he added.
In the initial investigation police have found that the deceased used to go for morning walk regularly and was aware of the route but how the deceased reached pond is yet to be investigated.
Police said that the manner in which the body was found raises questions about the death and to ascertain any possibility which could have led to the death is not possible. The deceased used to work with Agriculture Department as Deputy Director.
The body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.
The deceased left for the morning walk at around 5.30 am and when he failed to return for long the family members started to search for him.
The grandson of the deceased Piyush Singh reached the spot and identified the deceased.