India, June 19 -- An 81-year-old retired superintendent engineer (SE), Jagdish Bansal, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his house in Jathlana village of Yamunanagar district on Friday, police said.

Bansal, who retired from the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited, had been living alone since his wife's death several years ago, while his son stays with his family in Zirakpur town of Mohali district.

The incident came to light in the morning when his house help, Ruksana, arrived for work but received no response at the gate.

After she alerted neighbours, one of them, Vishal, scaled the wall to open the gate. Upon entering, the house help and neighbours saw the household items had been scattered around and info...