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Body found floating in Gadaipur canal

Jalandhar, July 24 Panic gripped Gadaipur here this morning after a body of a middle-aged man was found floating in a canal at Focal Point. Passersby first spotted the body and alerted the police control room about it. As...
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Jalandhar, July 24

Panic gripped Gadaipur here this morning after a body of a middle-aged man was found floating in a canal at Focal Point. Passersby first spotted the body and alerted the police control room about it.

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As per information, the body came floating from the Ballan village side to Gadaipur, where it got stuck in a wooden bridge. After the passersby spotted the body, two of the youths jumped into the canal, thinking the man might be alive and could be saved, and brought the body out, however, he was dead.

Deepu, one of the witnesses, said he saw the body around 12 noon. The deceased was wearing a light-colored T-shirt and black lower. Also, a rope was tied around the waist of the body.

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Meanwhile, SHO, Division Number 8, Gurmukh Singh said soon after getting the information, the police reached the spot and took the body in their custody.

He said the body had been kept at the mortuary of the Civil Hospital for identification and police teams were visiting Ballan and other villages from where the body was suspected to have come floating. “We have also circulated the deceased images in the nearby police stations for identification. It was suspected to be a case of suicide”, he added.

Singh said further proceedings in the case would be done post identification and action would be taken on the basis of postmortem report and the family’s statement.

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