The skeletal remains of a 22-year-old youth missing from his home for about 42 days was found in the dense forest of Visunugrah here on Wednesday evening. Chatrochati view area resident Sagar Kumar Das had been missing from his home since February 10.
As per information received, on Wednesday evening some locals of Chaliatard had gone to the woods to collect some firewood. They spotted a college paper, admit card, and clothes in the bushes under a tree also lying nearby.
They approached the clothes and spotted what appeared to be human skeletal remains. They returned home and informed their neighbours about their finding. The missing youth's brother identified the clothes as those of his brother Sagar, after which the locals informed the cops.
On reaching the site, the police checked the pockets of the clothes and found the Admit card of Sagar Kumar Das along with college papers. Establishing the identity, the police then sent the remains for autopsy which is likely to be conducted on Thursday.
His family members said that Sagar Kumar Das has gone missing since February 10 and he was a student of BSc of Bindeshwari Dubey College Pichri.
On the occasion, Inspector Jaglal Munda of the Vishnugarh police station said that Sagar was a student of Bindeshwari Dubey College Pichri (Phusro) by staying with his relative in Peterwar. On February 10, he had gone to college, asking to get the admit card from the college and he was missing since then.