Body of a 17-year-old youth who had gone missing three days ago was found at Hathaikheda Dam under Piplani police station area on Wednesday.
Police were informed after a body of a youth was spotted at Hathaikheda dam and on the receipt of the information a team rushed to the spot and started further investigation.
SHO Piplani police Rakesh Shrivastava said that deceased was identified as Ashish Gaur whose motorbike was found near the dam of the deceased who was missing from August 6.
The body seems to be around 48 hours old which means that the deceased died on the day he went missing.
In the initial investigation police have not found any visible injury marks which suggest that the deceased drowned but it could not be ascertained that he fell incidentally or he was pushed into the dam. The father of the deceased runs a transport business.
The statements of the family members are yet to be recorded.
The deceased cleared class XII but yet to take admission for higher studies.
The family lodged a complaint with the Pipalni police after the deceased failed to return on August 6. The deceased used to live with his parents in Patel Nagar.
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.
The call details of the deceased could help in the further investigation. Possibilities of deceased been killed could not be ruled out at the moment and every possible angle would be investigated.