Man's body found wrapped in a sheet

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, several residents of Kogilu Layout found the body of a man wrapped in a sheet and dumped in a pit of a vacant site in Sampigehalli.

According to sources, the body was first discovered during the wee hours on Sunday by a person who resides next to the vacant site. He had immediately alerted the jurisdictional police about it.

The deceased was later identified by the police as Shakeel Akhtar Saifi, 28, who hailed from Bihar and was residing at a house in Bellahalli in Bengaluru.

Speaking to News Trail, the police said that Saifi was living with his wife and child in Bengaluru for the past few years. It was also learnt that he was working for an event management company here.

It is suspected that Saifi must have been murdered at least four days ago. The Sampigehalli police have registered a case of murder and are analyzing CCTV camera footage to ascertain the identity of the assailants.

The cops are also analysing the deceased person's call data records in order to gather more details.