A 35-year-old private security guard was found lying dead under mysterious circumstances in the pit of an elevator in an apartment near Dimna Chowk under MGM thana area in Mango on late Saturday night.
The security guard was identified as Arjun Mishra. He was handicapped and a bachelor. The incident took place at the four-storeyed Abhilasha Complex along the NH-33 close to Dimna Chowk.
Though the body bore marks of injuries, but the police maintain it to be a case of accidental death. The police have recovered the body and sent it to the MGM Medical College mortuary for post-mortem. Mishra, who used to stay with his uncle at a slum in Mango, was the sole security guard at the residential complex.
“It is really shocking. last night the power line to the apartment snapped. As there was darkness all around, I was searching for Mishra who used to have the key of the generator room. But when he could not be traced some of the residents informed the security agency so that a guard may be sent to the building for service,” narrated a resident.
OC, MGM Police station, Imdad Ansari marked this ase a case of accident though they have sent the body for a post-mortem.
The residents of the Abhilasha Complex and also the owners of shops on the ground floor are anxious to know the exact reason behind the way the security guard died in the lift’s pit.