Missing teen's head found hanging from tree in Varanasi forest

VARANASI: A teenager's head was found hanging with a belt from a tendu tree in the forest located in Patgadi Tola of Kota gram panchayat in the Chopan police station area of Sonbhadra district on Tuesday.

The portion below the neck was missing. The teenager was missing since Jan 19. The police and forensic team reached the spot after getting information to conduct an investigation, reports Binay Singh.


According to reports, the villagers saw the body hanging from a tree in the forest about 3km from the Varanasi-Shaktinagar state highway.

Most of the body was missing, and some clothes and bones were lying at some distance. After getting information, Chopan SHO Akhilesh Kumar Mishra reached the spot with the police team and forensic unit.

The police took possession of the head, clothes and other remains of the body and sent them to the district hospital for post-mortem examination.

Based on the clothes found at the spot and the body, the deceased was identified by his elder brother Ravi as Mangal Prasad (16), son of Rambilas, a resident of Jawari Dand Kota.

According to family members, Mangal Prasad left home in anger on Jan 19. After an extensive search yielded no results, a missing report was filed at Chopan police station. The SHO said that prima facie the body appeared to be about 20-25 days old.