Missing Basti Sub-Inspector Found Dead in Ayodhya’s Saryu River as Probe Continues
Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage and prior threat claims while awaiting autopsy findings.
Overview
- Police identified the body of Sub-Inspector Ajay Gaur, recovered in uniform from the Saryu river near the Vikramjot outpost in Ayodhya.
- Gaur was reported missing on February 5 after a brief phone call with his wife, whose later attempts to reach him found his phone switched off.
- Search teams located his motorcycle near Amhat Ghat in Basti, and authorities deployed surveillance units, the Special Operations Group and divers.
- Family members alleged negligence in the search and sought an FIR, while Gaur’s wife claimed he was kidnapped and murdered and called for a CBI inquiry.
- The wife told police that CCTV showed a plain-clothes policeman riding with Gaur and said he had earlier received threats linked to a past custodial death, assertions now under police review.