Ludhiana, Oct. 23 -- Nearly two months after a 40-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Dhilwan village in Samrala, the finding of an investigation carried out by the police revealed the shocking facts. According to the police, the man died after a pickup driver lost control of his vehicle. The driver abandoned the victim on the road instead of rushing him to the hospital.

The deceased, Malkeet Singh, a resident of Rampur village in Doraha, had gone missing on August 23, his family said. His mother, Shinder Kaur, 65, told the police that her son had left home saying he was going with acquaintances in a pickup vehicle to a religious place in Bagar to pay his obeisance, but never returned.

The woman stated that s...