Kanpur: A 55-year-old security guard was found dead inside a locked box at his home in Kashiram Colony under Civil Lines police station in Etawah on Sunday afternoon, after neighbours reported a foul smell. Police suspect strangulation and are searching for his daughter, who lived with him and is missing.Shyam Sundar (55) lived in house number 215, Block 14, behind TB Hospital, and worked at a hotel near Purani Prakash Talkies through SK Agency. Neighbour Hasina Begum said she noticed a foul smell on Saturday but thought a rat had died. She alerted police after the smell intensified on Sunday. Police broke open the locked house and recovered Sundar’s swollen body from a box. Although no external injury was visible, blood was found inside the box.SP City Babita Singh, CO City Avneesh Kumar Singh and officer-in-charge inspector KK Mishra inspected the scene. A forensic team collected evidence.Sundar’s elder daughter Kajal, who lives in Bhikhanpur, Auraiya, said her parents had divorced and her mother, Shashi, had been living separately at Bharthana Chauraha for about 10 years. Her youngest sister Khushi lived with their mother, while Pooja lived with Sundar.Kajal said she last spoke to her father five days earlier, when he asked her to visit. His phone was subsequently found switched off. She expressed suspicion about Pooja, saying she had earlier found her speaking to a young man before her marriage.Sundar’s cousin Man Singh said Sundar had worked a day shift at the hotel on Oct 21. After his phone was found switched off on Oct 22, the company asked Man Singh to check on him. He found the house locked.Singh said police teams were searching for Pooja and gathering information from relatives. The cause of death would be established by the post-mortem examination, she said.
