The body of a 30-year-old software engineer, who went missing mysteriously two days prior to his wedding on May 10, was found from the Ghanouri canal near Samana area of Punjab here on Sunday morning.
Police informed that the primary investigations and circumstantial evidence suggests that it is a case of suicide. However, the family members of the deceased ruled out Police claims and alleged that this is a case of murder.
Naveen Kumar, a resident of Sector 45, was missing for the last 10 days. Naveen’s uncle, Ashwini Kumar, told the media persons that Naveen’s wedding was scheduled for May 12 and he had left home on May 10 evening for distributing wedding cards to his friends on his bike.
Naveen’s motorcycle was then traced near Ropar canal by the Punjab police the next morning on May 11, who informed their counterparts in Chandigarh about the motorcycle. The police had also recovered wedding cards from the motorcycle.
The deceased was running his own software business and had an IT company in Sector 47 in which he was a web designer and had 30 employees.
Police informed that Naveen’s phone was switched off ever since he went missing but it was switched on for a brief period on Saturday evening. However, he did not respond to any SMS’ or calls.
Earlier, the family members had also protested against the lethargic attitude of police.