Mangalore : A young man from Idya in Suratkal who had gone missing on February 16, has been found dead on the sea shore at Meenakaliya in Baikampady on February 19, Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Sandeep Poojari (28). He is suspected to be murdered and his body was found in a large bag with hands and legs tied down. The body was noticed by locals who grew suspicious on seeing the abandoned bag which was stinking.

Police sources said the suspicion is on five persons who too went missing the same day Sandeep went missing. There is a suspicion that some gang rivalry might have culminated in the murder. It is learnt of the five persons, there was even a close relative of Sandeep. There are reports that Sandeep and a relative Manoj had a quarrel at t he sea shore  at Idya on February 15, the day Sandeep went missing.

Suratkal police are conducting investigations.