A Kalwa-based church’s pastor, Saji Panicker (52), who also worked as a section engineer with Central Railway, was allegedly killed in Murbad taluka of Thane district.
The Murbad police said that Panicker, a resident of Rambaug in Kalyan, had gone missing from his house on Monday, following which his family had filed a missing person’s complaint with the local Mahatma Phule police.
On Tuesday, passersby spotted the Panicker’s body a little away from Kalyan and informed the Murbad police, who registered an accidental death report and sent the corpse for a post-mortem examination.
During probe, the Murbad police learnt about the missing person’s complaint filed with the Mahatma Phule police. The cops then informed Panicker’s family, who identified the body on Friday night.
Official said that the post-mortem examination report suggests that there were no injury marks on Panicker’s body but doctors have reserved his viscera to ascertain the exact cause of his death.
Panicker’s wife Sharmila alleged that her husband was murdered and filed a murder complaint with the police on Saturday.
Dr Abraham Mathai, President of Indian Christian Voice, said the case needs to be thoroughly investigated.
The police said that the post-mortem examination report suggests that there were no injury marks on Saji Panicker’s body but doctors have reserved his viscera to ascertain the exact cause of his death. Times of India
