Jaipur: Day after a body was found buried below an under construction kuccha road in Gajner area on Wednesday, police have identified the deceased as Chelu Ram, a resident of
Bikaner
. district.
According to
Gajner Police
station SHO
Inder Kumar, Ram was a daily wage laborer and was murdered a few days ago.
"Ram was 35-year-old and was killed by few people three days ago. We have registered a case under section 302 of IPC and questioning the suspects," he added.
Kumar said that police are rounding up several suspects in the case and the real culprit would be nailed down soon. The matter came to light when Bikaner police found a body buried below an under-construction kuccha road in Gajner area on Wednesday.
A hand was jutting out on the road, while the rest of the body remained underground. Employees of a nearby petrol pump alongside a highway informed police that they had spotted a hand jutting out of a kuccha road.
Scores of people gathered in the spot and started taking pictures which went viral on WhatsApp groups.
"The construction work is underway on the highway in Gajner. We found the body buried below the under-construction stretch of the highway. It seems that some dogs smelled human flesh and tried to dig the body out,' said Inder Kumar.
According to police, for past three days, labourers were constructing the road. The soil was sprayed and was levelled last night during which the body might have been buried, police suspect.
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