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Maharashtra: Man killed, body dumped in forest in Palghar district

Updated on: 12 July,2021 10:38 AM IST  |  Palghar
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The victim, Gulab Lakhan, a resident of Jawhar taluka here, went missing on Saturday following which his family members launched a search for him

Maharashtra: Man killed, body dumped in forest in Palghar district

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A 40-year-old man was killed allegedly by unidentified persons and the body dumped at a forest in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Monday.


The victim, Gulab Lakhan, a resident of Jawhar taluka here, went missing on Saturday following which his family members launched a search for him.


He was found dead at a forest in Pimpalsheth area on Sunday, the official from Jawhar police station said. 


The body was sent for postmortem and a case was registered against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder), he said.

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The motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertained, he said.

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