SILIGURI: A man was found murdered inside a garage at Pranami Mandir Rd in Punjabi Para area of Sili

SILIGURI: A man was found murdered inside a garage at Pranami Mandir Rd in Punjabi Para area of Siliguri today morning.

Locals of the area alerted the police upon seeing the dead man in the garage. Personnel from the Bhaktinagar Police Station arrived at the scene and began preliminary investigation.

The dead person has been identified as Manoj Sharma – former councillor of SMC Ward no.40 Sharmila Sharma’s husband. Manoj (45) was a resident of Ektiasal area in Siliguri.

According to latest updates, Manoj was the owner of the garage at Pranami Mandir Rd. A few days back a man from Bannerhatta came to work at the garage as a security guard. The details of the security guard are unknown to the family members.

Last night, when Manoj did not return home his family members called him on his mobile phone. However, they were unable to speak to him as his mobile phone was unreachable.

Later, Manoj’s family members called him again to know his whereabouts, but this time the security guard picked up the phone and informed them Manoj was heavily drunk and could not come to the phone. They told the security guard to send him home. They ended the call after the security guard acknowledged their request. But Manoj did not return home. His family members called him several times but his mobile phone continued to remain unreachable.

Today morning when garage workers opened the garage they found Manoj’s dead body inside the garage and the security guard missing. They alerted Manoj’s family members. They arrived at the scene and found the security guard along with three mobile phones, bracelets, rings and a scooty missing.

The dead body has been sent to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri for post mortem.

Anup Majumdar, Bhaktinagar Police Station IC, said, “We are investigating the case.”