Bank employee found dead in Lucknow

Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) A bank employee was found dead here on Tuesday on a busy street with injury marks all over his body, police said.

The body of Pradyumn, 27, who worked at an Axis Bank branch here, was found in posh Gomtinagar area, police officer Satyendra Rai told IANS.

His face had turned black and there were injuries on his face and other parts, apparently inflicted by a blunt object, Rai said.

Pradyumn, who lived and worked in Lucknow, had been visiting his parents in Bahraich district and had returned to the city with them late on Monday.

He got off from the bus at the Polytechnic roundabout, telling his parents that he would be home after meeting a friend.

He was found dead on Tuesday morning.

"The body has been sent for post-mortem examination. We are probing the matter with all angles in mind," a police official told IANS.