Mangalore, August 29: The 32-year-old Mangalore based car driver, who was missing since four days, was found dead near Padubidri on Monday, police sources said.
Govardhan (32), son of S Narayan, a resident of Sootarpete Kankanady was vanished after he dropped four strangers, who hired his car to Karkala on the night of August 25.
Police said that a dead body of a middle aged man was found in the bushes near Karkala-Belman Road. The dead body, which was in a decomposed state, was shifted to mortuary for post mortem.
The family members have confirmed that it was Govardhan's body.
It is said that four strangers had hired Govardhan's car on August 25 from KSRTC bus stand in the city to reach Karkala.
At around 7: 15 pm the strangers had approached Govardhan saying that their car had developed snags in Karkala and they wanted to bring it back. At around 9:30 pm Govardhan had called his family and informed that he was in Karkala and would be returning soon.
When Govardhan did not return home till next day morning his family members tried contact him over phone. However both of his cells were switched off. Later they decided to inform Urwa police station.
When Govardhan's friends and family members started to search for him they found his car abandoned near near the main gate of Suzlon Energy Ltd near Padubidri.
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