India, Jan. 31 -- A 22-year-old man who had been missing for over a week was found murdered near a construction pit beside a truck terminal in Rabale on Wednesday. The discovery of heavy stones placed atop the body and post-mortem findings confirmed that the young man was killed.

The deceased, identified as Manoj Sabhajeet Bind, a resident of Yadav Nagar slum, had been missing since January 21. According to police reports, he disappeared around 12:15 AM after leaving for a public toilet. On Wednesday, a decomposed body was recovered from a construction pit near the truck terminal in Yadav Nagar. "Despite the body being decomposed, Bind's mother identified him by his shirt," said an officer involved in the investigation.

Preliminary inve...