An engineer with Samsung India Ltd was found dead here in a ditch Friday.

According to family sources, Chiranjit Som, 33, a resident of Nehru Nagar, left for his office at Laxmi Nagar in east Delhi Thursday morning but did not return home in the evening.

His father, A.K. Som, began a search for him but in vain.

On Friday morning, some residents of Vaishali area in Ghaziabad noticed the body. His scooter and brief case were traced in the area. The body bore no visible injury mark.