Mangaluru, Sep 9: More than a week after he went missing under mysterious circumstances, a post graduation student of Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT), Beeri, Mangaluru, was found dead on Friday.
The dead body of Sonu Subhash Chandran, aged around 21 years, was found lying amidst bushes in a decomposed state near Madoor village on the outskirts of the city, said a police officer, adding that a local shepherd noticed the dead body.
Hailing from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Sonu was pursuing II year MBA in AMIT, a unit of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru. He was staying as a paying guest near his college along with his friends.
Sonu had gone missing on September 1 hours after participating in a small party in his room. According to his friends, he had gone out on his Yamaha FZ motorbike bearing registration number KL 16 H 8682, after saying that he wanted to spend some time alone. However, he never returned. His mobile phone was lying in the room.
The next day his friends contacted his family in Kerala over phone to inquire if he had gone home. But, they came to know that he had not even called the family members for past two days.
On September 4, a missing case was registered at jurisdictional Ullal police station. In spite of intense search, the police had failed to trace the missing student.
On Friday, Ismaeel, a local shepherd noticed a motorbike lying amidst bushes near Madoor. When he approached the motorbike, he also saw the mutilated dead body. Immediately, he informed local residents and the police.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (South) N.S. Shruthi and sleuths from Ullal and Konaje police stations visited the spot as part of investigation.
It is suspected that Sonu might have died after his speeding motorbike skidded off the road and plunged into a ditch. As the ditch was covered by bushes, nobody could notice the motorbike or dead body for past nine days.
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