Mussoorie, Aug. 13 -- A 21-year-old pickup van driver was found dead in his vehicle near Old Maggi Point on the Mussoorie-Dehradun highway in Uttarakhand early Thursday morning, police said.

The deceased, a resident of the Kempty area of Tehri Garhwal district, was found by his elder brother, who was travelling along the same route and noticed his brother's pickup van parked on the roadside in suspicious circumstances.

Police said they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death from all possible angles.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Mussoorie police station Devendra Chauhan said the deceased's 28-year-old brother informed the Kolukhet police outpost and approached the vehicle to check on his brother. "He found him hangi...