Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Oct 14: A young bus driver was found dead closer to the rear seat of his bus at Sunderbani this morning.
The police identified the deceased as 30-year-old Amitabh Bachan, son of Kirpa Ram, resident of Taryath in Kalakote. His body was hanging from a steel rod with the help of a cloth which was used as a noose just behind rear seat of the bus.
The bus was parked at open space near Bus Stand at Sunderbani. When the bus conductor arrived early in the morning from the house of his relatives at nearby village he noticed body of the driver hanging from the top steel rod at the rear seat just closer to the door. He informed other drivers and cleaners at Bus Stand and also called police.
The police party led by SHO Sunderbani, Rajinder Parihar reached the spot. The police party examined the spot and then shifted the body to the mortuary of Sunderbani Hospital. Some injury marks were visible around the neck of the body. After postmortem the body was handed over to the family.
The police said that this bus was parked here for the last two days. The conductor had gone to the house of his relatives at Lamberi for the night stay while driver was alone in the bus. He told police that driver was taking excessive liquor for the last few days and was visibly upset. He was living in the house of his in-laws and had not good relations with wife and in-laws. The SHO said that a case under Section 174 CrPC has been registered and possibility of murder can not be ruled out. He said that police will work on all the angles and all the people under suspicion will be interrogated.
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