Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 29: A mentally challenged man was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Gujjar Nagar Bridge today.
A police official said that the deceased, aged around 50, would roam around in the Gujjar Nagar market for the past several years.
Today, he was found lying on the road around 8 am, he said.
The police official said that he was shifted to Government Medical College Jammu where doctors declared him as dead on arrival. He said the body of the deceased has been shifted to the mortuary of the GMC Jammu for conducting the post-mortem examination and identification purposes.
Meanwhile, police have launched inquest proceedings under the relevant sections of the law to ascertain the cause of the death of the individual.