Journalist found dead in Kanpur, investigation underway

A dead body was found on the backseat of a car in Kanpur.

On further probe, the body was identified of Ashu Yadav.

Journalist by profession, Ashu was receiving threat calls after a verbal spat with unidentified people at a bus stand.

Family of the deceased reported his disappearance on January 01.

Kanpur South, SSP Deepak Kapoor said, "3 police teams have been deployed on this case, CCTV footage is being extracted.

The cause of death will be known after the post-mortem.

Further investigation in the case is going on."