Alok's family says that they had searched the spot several times on the previous night but Alok's body was not there. They suggest that he must have been killed elsewhere and his body hanged at the spot to make it look like suicide.
Farooq who was the vice-president of the Morbi Municipality during the last term had an altercation with Rafiq and the other accused a few years ago during the panchayat elections.
The Telangana police confirmed that the deceased was the wanted person in the rape and murder of the 6-year-old minor, based on the tattoo on his body.