Siliguri, May 25: Police have formed a special investigation team to trace the murderers of Abhishek Chachan, a call centre employee whose body was found here yesterday.

The team comprises officers-in-charge of the Phansidewa and Matigara police stations as well as the inspector-in-charge of Pradhannagar. Pradip Dutta, the deputy superintendent of police in Siliguri, will lead the team, which will submit its preliminary report within two days.

A resident of Deshbandupara here, Abhishek (19) was a student of Siliguri College of Commerce.

He had left his home around 11am on Thursday to get a computer keyboard repaired but did not return. The police recovered his decomposed body at Liucipokhri, 20km from the town, yesterday morning.

Even 36 hours after the body was found, the police are still clueless about why Abhishek was killed and why the ransom calls were made to his parents after he was murdered.

“We are investigating all possible angles. We are also talking to the relatives and friends of the deceased,” said Rahul Srivastav, the Darjeeling district police chief. But the official failed to throw any light on the motive behind the murder. “All we can say is that the motive is not clear to us,” he added.

The students’ organisation, traders and other associations have condemned the youth’s murder and urged the police to immediately arrest the culprits responsible for the killing.

“If the police fail to arrest the criminals in the next three days, we will call a 24-hour strike in Siliguri,” said Mukhtar Ahmed, the organising secretary of the state unit of the Chhatra Parishad, the student wing of the Congress. The organisation had submitted a memorandum to the Siliguri police station yesterday.

The Siliguri Merchants’ Association urged the district police chief to immediately curb criminal activities in town so that the residents and the traders can live in peace.

“We are shocked at the incident and now it is time for the law enforcers to ensure the safety and security of the residents,” said Omprakash Agarwal, the secretary of the association.

Sanjay Tibrewal, the president of Uttarbanga Hindi Bhasi Samaj, too, requested the police chief to take necessary measures to stop criminal activities in town.