Police find youth's decayed body in Ghatkopar

The Pant Nagar police on Tuesday recovered the body of a 20-year-old youth who had gone missing from his residence in Ghatkopar (East) six days ago. The highly decomposed body was found behind a defunct police railway police quarters. Pant Nagar police identified the deceased as Divyesh Mehta, a resident of Ramabai Nagar.

On Tuesday morning, a foul smell started coming from the bushes near the dilapidated quarters. It was then that the locals spotted the badly decomposed body. The police later recovered a mobile phone lying near the body.

Police also noticed an identifying tattoo on the body. Subsequent investigations revealed that Mehta had been working in the diamond market a months ago. He had quit his job during Diwali after being denied a bonus at work.

A Pant Nagar police officer said, "We are investigating whether it is a suicide or a murder. There are no injury marks on Mehta's body. But we have come to know, from his brother, that the deceased had spoken about having gotten threats from some man with whom he had a fight a few months ago." Pant Nagar police have registered a case of accidental death in this regard.