21-year-old Syed Shah Bukhari, a third-year law student, was found dead with blood marks on his face, nose and shoulder in his room in the Chowadhi area yesterday morning, Station House officer (SHO) Channi, Inspector Sajjad Haider told PTI.
Bukhari had been arrested in 2014 for allegedly firing on a Shiv idol in a temple in Trikuta Nagar area, Haider said.
He said Bukhari was staying with his domestic help in the house.
When the door was opened, the domestic help found Bukhari motionless with blood marks on his face, nose and shoulder, Haider said, adding he was taken to the nearby hospital where the doctors declared him as 'brought dead'.
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He said the parents of the deceased first objected to post-mortem, but the body was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC) where the postmortem was conducted.
"At this moment we are not ruling out anything. This could be poisoning, or overdose of any drugs," the SHO said.
He said anythingconcretewould be said once police receives the postmortem report.
The domestic help of Bukhari, has been taken into custody for questioning, he said.
The deceased's father is a doctor by profession and his uncle is senior national Conference leader and former MLA from Surankot in Poonch district.