PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 20 -- Sudhir Kumar, 56, deputy director of the information department working in the Fatehpur district, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Prayagraj on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Alerted by a security guard, police reached the spot, recovered the body from a drain in the George Town area and sent it for the post-mortem examination, officials said, adding preliminary findings suggest drowning as the cause of death.

Originally from Jagram Chauraha, Katra, Kumar lived with his wife Ambalika, daughter Aditi and son Vaibhav in Mahwa, Durga Nagar Colony in Naini. Though posted as deputy director at the information department in Lucknow, he was currently attached to the Fatehpur office.

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