Airport employee’s body with slit throat found in mango grove

Lucknow: The only son of a retired sub-inspector and a contractual technician employed at Amausi airport was found murdered, throat slit, in a mango grove near Pipersand railway station in Sarojini Nagar on Sunday. The victim, identified as Ankit Yadav (35) had returned from a tour of Kedarnath on July 14 and had gone to lodge a missing report at Sarojini Nagar police station around 11 am on Sunday. Ankit, however, did not return home and his father Vijay Yadav went out to search for him. Around 4pm, some villagers spotted the body and news reached the police and reached the scene to investigate. Police recovered a blood-stained knife, mobile phone, helmet, and a purse. The identity of the victim was ascertained by Aadhaar card recovered from his pocket. Police recovered Ankit's motorcycle from near the scene and later contacted Ankit's father.Vijay told police his son had gone to lodge a missing complaint for his mobile phone. Police recovered his mobile phone from the spot. “We have sent the mobile phone to the forensic lab for examination and to retrieve data stored in it. We are probing in case there is a love angle, personal enmity or any other issue that led to the murder,” said SHO, Sarojininagar, Shailendra Giri.Police lodged FIR under charges of murder.