Police busy in identifying unidentified dead body

Bhilai. A youth died due to drowning in the pond under Smriti Nagar Chowki. The deceased has been identified as Pappu Dewangan, resident of Arya Nagar. A two to three day old dead body was found on the banks of Khamhariya pond. He could not be identified. In both the cases, the police have established a trail and started investigation.

Outpost in-charge Naveen Rajput said that information about the drowning of the youth was received in Arya Nagar Kohka on Saturday afternoon. On this, after informing the SDRF team, the police station force reached the spot. After reaching the spot, deep diving personnel of SDRF took the body out of the water and handed it over to the police. During investigation, the deceased has been identified as Pappu Dewangan (32 years), resident of Durga Mandir, Arya Nagar Kohka.

It is not known how the young man drowned in the water. Here at 11 pm on Friday night, the body of an unknown youth was found in Khamhariya pond. The body of the deceased was swollen, due to which the body is estimated to be two-three days old. The age of the deceased is around 25-30. The deceased could not be identified. At present the police have kept the body in the mortuary.