Lucknow, Dec. 31 -- The state capital reported four deaths from different parts of the city on Tuesday, triggering police investigations across multiple police station areas. The causes of death in all cases are yet to be established, officials said.

In the most serious incident, the body of a 23-year-old man, Almas Siddiqui, was recovered from bushes near the Mau canal under the Mohanlalganj police station limits. Police said Siddiqui, a resident of Jail Road, had been missing since Sunday evening after telling his family he was going to Khujoli. His father filed a missing complaint on Tuesday morning, after which police received information about an unidentified body near the canal.

The body bore sharp injury marks on the head and fac...