Police were called to Barrackpore this morning after hunters found a badly decomposed body in a teak field.
There has been no confirmation as yet on the identity of the body.
On their Facebook page, however, Hunters Search and Rescue Team, led by Captain Vallence Rambharat, stated that the body was found by hunters, at Cumuto Trace North, in the the vicinity of the home of missing prison officer Alexander Johnson.
The body, mostly skeletal remains, was found hanging from a tree in a teak field approximately two kilometres opposite his home. Johnson walked out of his home January 24, without informing anyone where he was going. He left behind his personal belongings and his vehicle.
Barrackpore Police and Hunters Search and Rescue Team members Rocky Singh and Ronnie Singh are on the scene.