Man found dead near Greater Noida's Surajpur sanctuary

GREATER NOIDA: The body of a 34-year-old man from Kulesra was found near Surajpur Bird Sanctuary on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Saroj Kumar. He used to work at a private company in Noida’s Phase II area.
Police said he might have drowned in the knee-deep water of Surajpur wetlands area.
Pradeep Tripathi, station house officer, Surajpur, said they got information about the body around 8 am on Monday. The man was lying face down in a waterlogged area next to the boundary wall of Surajpur sanctuary. “We found his mobile and wallet which we used to identify him and called his family,” he said.
Tripathi added that prima facie, the man had no external injuries and since his documents, phone and money were intact, the angle of robbery has been ruled out. Saroj used to stay in a rented flat at Kulesra with his younger brother. According to Tripathi, Saroj’s brother has said that the 34-year-old had recently lost his job. “He was a habitual drinker. We think he fell in the water at night. It is being investigated how he reached Surajpur-Devla road, which is quite a distance from his house,” he added.