A 35-year-old man died under suspicious circumstances at shanty near Hanuman temple opposite Kasturba hospital; Govindpura police suspects overdose of drug was reason behind death.
The deceased Vinayak Pandey was found dead and police were informed regarding death.
Initial investigation revealed Pandey was addicted to drugs. The father abandoned him so that his son could get rid of his addiction after which he started living with his friend Narendra Giri living in a shanty in the Hanuman temple premises opposite Kasturba Hospital where died on the third day after he arrived at the place.
Police suspect as Pandey was drug addict he died of overdose but to ascertain reason of death is not possible and could be confirmed after post mortem report is received.
Pandey, who lived in Bagsevania, used to work as labrourer, around 10 days ago, he met Narendra Giri, a resident of Vidisha, who lived in Hanuman temple in front of Kasturba Hospital.
He told Narendra that his father had abandoned him and wants to rent a room. In such a situation, Narendra got her to rent a slum nearby. After staying in the slum for three days, Vinayak reached Narendra shanty on Tuesday and stayed there. On Wednesday, Narendra Giri went to Vidisha to work and when he returned in the evening on Friday Vinayak was found lying unconscious and reported incident to police.
Narendra became friend with Vinayak in Bhopal Central Jail and never meet after his release from prison and met only few days ago.