Panchkula, April 10 -- A 26-year-old software engineer was found dead in his rented room in Amravati, Pinjore, under mysterious circumstances on Thursday morning.

According to available information, the deceased hailed from Hyderabad. He was unmarried and had rented the ground-floor room last week after taking up a job in Pinjore on March 30.

Sub-inspector (SI) Pritam Singh, in-charge of the Amravati police post, said neighbours alerted police around 10 am after the youth did not open his door since the previous night.

Police responded to the scene and broke into the room to find the youth lying in a pool of blood. The body bore multiple sharp injuries on the wrists, along with injuries on the neck and chest.

Police recovered a ...