Man's body found stuffed in drum on rooftop in Rajasthan

A man was found dead, stuffed in a drum on a rooftop in Rajasthan’s Khairthal Tijara district, bearing signs of a sharp weapon attack, while his family remains missing.

The deceased was identified as Hansram alias Suraj, a native of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, who lived in Adarsh Colony, Kishangarhbas, with his wife and three children

The body,



which bore a throat injury from a sharp weapon, was found after neighbours complained of a foul smell. “Salt had been put over the body to speed up decomposition,”

Hansram had rented a rooftop room about one and a half months ago and worked at a brick kiln. Since Saturday, his wife Sunita, their children, and the landlord’s son Jitendra have been missing, police said.