Kokrajhar, Nov 4: Police recovered the body of an unidentified elderly man, aged around 65 to 70, from a roadside at Bhairiguri village near Srirampur along the Assam–West Bengal border in Kokrajhar district on Wednesday.
Local residents spotted the body and alerted the village headman, who informed the police. A team led by Simultapu Police Outpost Officer-in-Charge Sanjib Sandikoi reached the site and notified the Executive Magistrate. The body was subsequently recovered in the magistrate’s presence and sent to RN B Civil Hospital in Kokrajhar for post-mortem examination.
The man was wearing a blue shirt and grey trousers. According to eyewitnesses, he was reportedly paralysed and had been seen wandering around Srirampur market for the past four to five days.
Police said no external injury marks were visible on the body. The cause of death will be determined after the post-mortem examination.
Police have appealed to anyone with information that could help establish the man’s identity to contact Simultapu Police Outpost.
