KANPUR: Panic prevailed after two farmers were found dead by the roadside under mysterious circumstances near Bairi-Rania road under the limits of Shivli Kotwali police area of Kanpur Dehat district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Ram Shankar, 50, and Desh Raj Pal, 48, residents of Kuriyanpurwa and Madrapurwa under the limits of Shivli Kotwali police area respectively.
A pickup loader was also found lying inside a ditch in an abandoned state close to the spot from where the dead bodies of farmers were recovered.
Their family members said that they had gone to guard crops in their farms on late Friday night. It was when they did not return from fields on Saturday morning, they launched a frantic search and found their bodies lying at the Bairi-Rania road. They also discovered a pickup-loader lying in a ditch nearby. They immediately alerted the Police Control room.
Police said, “preliminary findings indicated that it may be the incident of a roadside accident”.
“A team of experts from FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) inspected the spot and we are waiting for a post-mortem examination report. On the basis of registration number of pickup, we are trying to locate the whereabouts of its owner to ascertain the connection of loader with two dead bodies,” said Inspector Shivli Kotwali Pramod Kumar Shukla.