Tezpur: The body of a senior superintendent of store of the Indian Air force Station here, was recovered from a drain on Tuesday, a police officer said.
The body of Chidananda Das, who came out of his house after receiving a call last night and was missing since then, was recovered from a drain near the Air force station under Salonibari police outpost, Sonitpur Superintendent of Police Sanjukta Parashar said here.
The family members of the deceased, who hailed from Tezpur Kacharigaon, had filed an FIR alleging that the store superintendent was murdered by unidentified persons as he came out after getting a phone call last night and was missing since then.
Parashar further said that the police was yet to establish the motive behind the killing but investigation was on and the body has been sent for post-mortem.
Defence Spokesperson Lt Col Sombit Ghosh said that the store superintendent of the IAF station was not an Air Force employee but a civilian working at the store.
