Auto driver’s body found with head smashed

NOIDA: An auto-rickshaw driver, aged around 30, was

found

dead in Sector 98 area with injuries in the face and head. Police are treating it as a case of murder and have begun a probe.

The unclothed

body

of the

man

was spotted by a passerby, who informed police. The deceased was later identified as Vicky, who stayed in New Ashok Nagar of Delhi.

Police said that since the head and face were smashed, possibly by the tyres of a vehicle, it could be that the man was murdered elsewhere and the body dumped in Sector 98. “When a police team examined the spot, there were no signs of any accident or clash there. It is possible that the man might have been murdered elsewhere and his body dumped there,” a police officer said.

Sources said the body could be identified as his name “Vicky” was embossed on the right arm. Additional DCP Ranvijay Singh said Vicky had been missing for the past 20 days and a complaint had been lodged at the local police station.

“The head and face were smashed, as if a vehicle’s tyres have trampled upon them. There was no evidence of an accident at the spot. We are examining CCTV footage,” said DCP (Noida) Sankalp Sharma.

Police believe the man’s killers may have run a vehicle over him after the alleged murder.