Kanpur: Unidentified assailants killed a 25-year-old man and disfigured his face with a blunt object late on Wednesday night near BPMG Inter College ground in Mandhana area under the limits of Bithoor police station of the district.The deceased could not be identified.The incident came to light on Thursday morning when the locals spotted the body and informed the police. When the Dial 100 team reached the area, they found that victim’s head had been battered with a blunt object to hide his identitity.“The word ‘Shiv Mohan’ was tattooed on one of the arms. There were multiple injuries on the body and signs of struggle at the spot. A stone used for crushing the man’s head and face was also found,” said police. The investigating team has also found a bundle of ‘bidi’ and ‘ganja’ from the spot.“The man was wearing blue denim jeans, a jacket and a red and white sweater. We have registered a case of murder at Bithoor police station. Except the word Shiv Mohan tattooed on one of his arms, we did not find any identification mark or document from the crime spot. The victim pant’s zip and the belt was loose open. It seems that the murder was committed out of passion. A team has been formed to identify the dead man and nab the killers,” said SP (West) Sanjiv Suman.“Our priority is to ascertain identity of the man after which it will become easy to establish the motive behind the murder,” he said adding police were also analysing footage from CCTV cameras installed in the proximity of the spot.

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