Last evening, the body of a person was found lying in the bushes in the Saluni area of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. The deceased has been identified as Bheel Ram (43) of Bhind village of Gram Panchayat Dand. Bheel Ram had left home for work four days ago in the morning. But did not return home in the evening.
The family filed a missing person report at Kihar police station. The police started searching for Bheel Ram. On Thursday evening, during the cremation of another body at Kharoti crematorium, people noticed a body lying in the bushes.
Then the people present on the spot informed the Saluni police station about it. The police reached the spot and got the body identified from the family. The postmortem of the body is being done today. After this, the body has been handed over to the family.
According to Saluni DSP Ranjan Sharma, prima facie the cause of death appears to be an accident. The actual cause of death will be known after the postmortem report comes.