Chennai, Sept 3: The body of a businessman was found wrapped in a plastic sheet near the river Cooum on the Chinamaya Nagar-Nerkundram Road in Chennai on Saturday morning.

The deceased has been was identified as Baskar, 65, of Adambakkam. He was into construction business.

A few morning walkers spotted the man’s body and alerted the police control room. Soon a team from the Virugambakkam police station reached the spot. The body was sent to the Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) Hospital for postmortem.

The police informed Baskar’s family members. The cops collected the CCTV camera footages from nearby places to identify the people involved in the murder.

Baskar might have been strangled as there were no injuries on his body, police said.