Decomposed body found near drain on Rajkumar Road

Mysuru: Udayagiri Police have found the decomposed body of a man, who had gone missing from his house since Oct. 16.

The deceased is Gundappa Jagali (68), who was residing in Udayagiri Police limits.

Gundappa had left his house in the morning of Oct. 16 and had not returned following which a missing complaint was lodged by his family members at Udayagiri Police Station.

He was wearing a pink and white coloured full arm shirt and a blue coloured checks dhoti besides carrying a pink and white coloured towel when he left the house.

On Oct. 31 at about 5 pm, a large crowd had gathered near a drain close to Kalyana Venkataramana Swamy Temple on Rajkumar Road after noticing a  foul smell. They found the highly decomposed body of a man in a sitting position inside the drain and alerted Udayagiri Police.

Police who reached the spot, conducted mahazar and found a cloth tied tightly around the man’s neck. The body was severely decomposed, with the skull exposed. Udayagiri Police, who registered a case, suspected it to be a case of suicide.

The Police then summoned Scene of Crime Officers (SOCO) team, a specialised forensic unit that works alongside law enforcement to scientifically process crime scenes to the spot to collect clues and evidences from the spot and later shifted the body to JSS Medical College and Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.

Udayagiri Police then informed the family members of missing Gundappa, who arrived at the mortuary and identified the decomposed body as that of Gundappa based on the clothes he was wearing, Police sources said and added that the exact cause of death would be known only after receiving the post-mortem report.

Post-mortem will be conducted today and the body will be handed over to the family members later in the day.