India, June 27 -- A decomposed body of a man was found wrapped in a sack inside a blue drum in Punjab's Ludhiana, evoking chilling memories of the murder of the former merchant navy officer in Meerut.

The police were alerted after the detection of a foul smell in the Sherpur area of the city. The cops found the man's body with his neck and legs tied with a rope.

SHO Kulwant Kaur said that the deceased appears to be a migrant worker, aged around40 years old, and the body has been sent for post-mortem to the civil hospital.

"The body does not show any visible injury marks, but its condition is deteriorated," the SHO said.

"The deceased looks like a migrant based on facial features. There are no injury marks on the body as of now, though...