Latest News | Retired Police Constable Found Dead in Field Near Ambala City

Ambala (Haryana), Jan 28 (PTI) A retired police constable was found dead with injury marks on his head and his damaged two-wheeler lying close by in a field near Ambala city, close to the Haryana-Punjab border, police said.

Ravinder Kumar hailed from Haryana's Faridabad but had been living in Ambala city.

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The police said Kumar had injury marks on his head and the investigation is looking at both the murder and the accident angles.

The body has been sent for a post-mortem, which will be conducted after Kumar's family arrives from Faridabad.

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The police received information that a body was lying in a field near the Shambhu toll plaza, said Dharambir Kaushik, the Sadar police station in-charge.

Kumar had injury marks on his head, he added.

"The two-wheeler was also found to be damaged. There is a possibility that the two-wheeler may have suffered damage in an accident," Kaushik said.

"The post-mortem will be conducted on Monday after his family arrives. At present, it cannot be said whether it was a murder or an accident. The police are investigating the case from both angles," he added.

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