more-in SHARJAH: An Indian expat, who had gone missing earlier this week, was found dead in a car in Sharjah, the police said. Dixon, a native of Perumbavoor, had returned to Sharjah on July 30 from Ireland where his family lives. He had been missing since Tuesday. He came to the city to resign from the firm he had been working with for the past nine years. He was planning to move to Ireland, his relatives told the Khaleej Times. His partially decomposed body was found in a parked car in Al Qulayaa area on Wednesday night, the daily reported on Friday. The police said they had received a missing person complaint on August 1. They started an investigation and soon received a call from the man’s relatives, saying his car was found in a parking space. Antony, a relative of Dixon, said: “We were returning from Ajman when we saw his car parked near the Sharjah Ladies Club. There was smell of decomposed body when we got close to the car, and then we saw him inside. We called the police at once.” Another relative said Dixon was living in Sharjah with his family till last year. Later, his wife got a job in Ireland and shifted to that country. Dixon had been working at the Sharjah Airport Free Zone. The body will be repatriated to India once the legal procedures are over, the police said.

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