The body of a man was found in an abandoned godown at Panvel in Maharashtra's Raigad district. It was found on Tuesday afternoon (September 17).
"A passerby noticed the body in the godown opposite a church located near the Panvel railway station. After being alerted, a police team went to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem," an official of Panvel Town police station said.
As per the initial probe, the victim was strangled to death. He is yet to be identified, he added. A case under section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered.