A 40-year-old man was killed allegedly by unidentified persons and the body dumped at a forest in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-2-held-for-manhandling-cops-at-beach-in-palghar-23182441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Palghar</a> district, police said on Monday.
The victim, Gulab Lakhan, a resident of Jawhar taluka here, went missing on Saturday following which his family members launched a search for him.
He was found dead at a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-forest-department-arrests-trio-for-killing-indian-rock-python-23179837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forest</a> in Pimpalsheth area on Sunday, the official from Jawhar police station said.&nbsp;
The body was sent for postmortem and a case was registered against unidentified persons under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder), he said.
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The motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertained, he said.
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The victim, Gulab Lakhan, a resident of Jawhar taluka here, went missing on Saturday following which his family members launched a search for him

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