An 87-year-old man from Karumbukkadai was found dead at Ukkadam tank on Saturday.
The police identified the deceased as Muhammed Yakoob, a resident of Barathi Nagar near Karumbukkadai. The body was first spotted by passers-by Saturday morning. On information, the Bazaar police recovered the body and shifted it to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for post-mortem. The police said that the man was mentally disturbed and had gone missing from Friday evening. The police are yet to ascertain the cause of the death.