Mangaluru: Auto driver’s body found suspiciously at Vamanjoor

Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 21 Aug 2015: An auto rickshaw driver was found suspiciously hanging inside his rickshaw at Vamanjoor, here on Friday August 21 early morning.

 

The deceased has been identified as twenty-eight-year-old Suresh, a resident of Sultan Battery, here. The auto rickshaw was parked opposite Mangala Jyothi School since Thursday August 20 night.

 

 

A passerby found the body inside the auto rickshaw when he moved the plastic sheet that covered one portion of auto rickshaw on Friday morning.

 

Suresh was found hanging by a rope from the rod on the roof of the auto rickshaw.

 

A note was found near the body, in which 2 contact numbers were written. Sources informed that one of the numbers was that of Suresh’s wife, and the other of another family member.

 

The circumstances that led to Suresh’s death are yet to be known. Mangaluru rural police registered a case in this regard and investigations are under way.