LUCKNOW, Oct. 27 -- Three businessmen were found dead inside a hatchback car pulled out of a pond in Panchpir village under Kamalapur police station limits in Sitapur district late Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

Station house officer (SHO) Atul Choudhary said the bodies had been sent for postmortem examination and all aspects of the incident were being investigated. "The exact cause of death will be known only after the postmortem report comes in," he said.

The incident came to light when some villagers returning home from duty noticed something floating in the pond. On flashing a torch towards it, they spotted a car and alerted the police.

A police team reached the spot and got the car pulled out. The deceased were identified a...