Panchkula, May 6 -- A 40-year-old man was found brutally murdered near the Gorakhnath Temple in Panchkula on Sunday.

The victim, identified as Sunil Kumar, who was a labourer and resided in Verma Colony, Pinjore, was found with head and neck injuries in a pool of blood.

Police suspect he was killed following a violent struggle as he was found clutching some hair when his body was discovered. His slippers, apart from a knife and a large blood-stained stone, were also found lying nearby.

The victim's wife, Nanhi Devi, told the police that her husband had left home for work on Saturday morning with a mason named Ajay. That was the last she saw him. As he did not return home that night, and his phone was also switched off, she visited his ...