Man’s body found hanging in shop

Excelsior Correspondent KATHUA, Nov 24: Mystery shrouds the death of a middle aged unmarried man whose body was recovered from his shop at village Lakhnoti near Nagri Parole this morning. The deceased has been identified as Lekh Raj (45), son of Shiv Lal, resident of Saidpur in Nagri. He used to sleep in the common family shop at the nearby village. Last night also, he went to sleep there as per routine. When his elder brother reached the shop in the morning, he found it bolted and noticed the body of his brother hanging from the ceiling hook. He informed police about the matter. The police shifted the body to hospital for postmortem and later handed over to the family. A case under section 174 CrPC has been registered in this connection.