India, Oct. 31 -- The body of a 25-year-old man, missing since October 26, was found inside a car parked near Sarasbaug on Friday morning, prompting police to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death.

The deceased was identified as Shubhrat Balasaheb Bansode, a resident of Kavadi village in Loni Kalbhor.

According to police, Bansode left home around noon on October 26 with a lunchbox for his father, an autorickshaw driver. He handed the lunchbox to his father near the autorickshaw stand at Hadapsar Gadital and said he was returning home.

At around 9.30 pm, he called a friend and asked him to meet near Hadapsar village. When the friend met him, Bansode said he was leaving for somewhere and asked the friend to send him money o...