LUCKNOW, May 9 -- The body of a 28-year-old man, who was a contractual sanitation worker at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), was found near a lake under Lucknow's Bijnor police station area on Saturday, police said. The victim's face and head had been brutally smashed, making identification difficult, police and family members said.

Police teams reached the spot after receiving information. Officers said they were questioning locals and investigating all possible motives behind the murder. No arrests had been made till the filing of this report.

"The deceased was identified as Suraj Gautam, a resident of Ashraf Nagar Ithuriya village under Bijnor police station limits. According to family members, Sura...