Kanpur: A class 12 student had gone reportedly missing, but he was found dead in a secluded place near his school, police said.
Assistant Divisional Commissioner of Police (Kanpur), Brijesh Srivastava, said that there were no injury marks on the body of 18-year-old Ronil Sarkar.
"We are awaiting the post-mortem report. The police will investigate how the boy reached the isolated place, around 500 metres away from his school," he expanded.
Meanwhile, Police have revised the missing report case into a murder First Information Report.
According to police, Ronil went to school on Monday morning. When he did not return home in the afternoon, his family began to be worried and tried to look for him.
They even proceeded and his tuition teacher but in vain. After failing to search him, Ronil's family lodged a missing person report.
On Tuesday, a local informs the police about spotting the body of a youth near a railway track.
Since the body had a school uniform, they contacted school authorities for identification.