LUCKNOW, March 6 -- A 32-year-old truck cleaner was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Sarojini Nagar area of the state capital on Friday morning. Police recovered the body near a parked truck in Nadarganj and sent it for post-mortem examination while launching an investigation into the incident, confirmed station house officer Rajdev Ram Prajapati of Sarojini Nagar police station.

Cops suspect excessive consumption of alcohol to be the reason behind the death.

Prajapati said the deceased has been identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of Khanpur village under Sajethi police station in the Ghatampur area of Kanpur. He worked as a cleaner on a truck owned and driven by Pradeep, who also belongs to the same village.

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