A family from Anand Nagar locality of Bhopal on Saturday identified the head of a boy recovered from BHEl locality on May 16 as its 18-year-old member.
The head was found in the forest adjoining BHEl gate no; 6 on May 16.
The family members claimed that the deceased is Aman Joshi (18) of Anand Nagar and had lodged a missing complaint at Piplani police station after he went missing on December 5, 2017. He left the house at around 3 pm and never returned.
The deceased used to work as a bus conductor with lNCT institute. The family members have claimed that Aman has been killed.
Police said that the DNA testing of the deceased would be done which could help in the identification of the deceased.
CSP Govindpura Virendra Mishra said that the family members have identified the deceased from the head and clothes found.
Regarding the remaining body part CSP Mishra said that the forest is situated in a vast area where there are dogs and other creatures which might have scavenged the body in the past five months, he added.
Apart from the DNA testing the details of the missing Aman and his whereabouts during the period of missing and reason of death would be investigated.