India, Aug. 24 -- The remains of a 22-year-old man who died by suicide was recovered from a secluded forest area near Khushbu chowk along Gurugram-Faridabad road on Friday, police said on Saturday.

Investigators said that the majority of the deceased's body was mutilated by strays due to which only some of his skeletal remains were recovered from the spot.

Police said he was originally from Kishunpur in Katihar district of Bihar and lived in Delhi. He had been missing since August 3.

Inspector Rajesh Bagri, station house officer (SHO) of DLF Phase-I police station, said the deceased worked as mason at a construction site in Gurugram.

"One of his relatives in Delhi had his last location based on which they had reached near the spot on ...