Shahjahanpur: The body of a man who was missing since Wednesday evening was found from his vacant house in Gola city in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Thursday morning.As the man’s motorcycle was found parked outside the vacant house in Raghav Kunj Punjabi colony in the city, his wife went and opened the premises. She discovered the body of Sudhir Mishra (35) on a bed with a gunshot wound on his head.After getting information about the murder, SSP, Lakhimpur, Ramlal Verma along with a team of forensic experts and dog squad arrived at the crime spot for investigation. The body was sent for post-mortem later in the afternoon. Police recovered a .315 calibre pistol along with three live cartridges from the house. The pistol was probably used for the murder, police suspect.According to police, Sudhir Mishra was last seen by his family members at 8 pm on Wednesday. He went out with an unknown person who had come to the house. The man had a glass of water before leaving. The two were seen driving away on Sudhir Mishra’s motorcycle and never returned.Station officer of Gola police station told TOI, “The deceased was a businessperson and use to run a financial firm in the city. We have filed an FIR under IPC section 302 (murder) on the complaint of the victim’s father, Shyam Sundar Mishra. We are also scanning his mobile call records to find out whom he was in contact with before getting killed.”

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