A man was found dead inside his apartment in the Defence Housing Authority in Karachi late on Saturday night, police said on Sunday.
Officials at the Darakhshan police station said the body was discovered in a flat located in Florida Homes, Phase V. Police said the Crime Scene Unit was called to the apartment to collect evidence from the scene.
After the completion of initial procedures, the body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal examination. Doctors at the hospital reserved the cause of death after conducting a post-mortem examination, police said.
According to police, the body was in a decomposed condition and appeared to have been lying inside the apartment for the past 15 to 20 days. A police officer said there were no apparent injury marks visible on the body.
Later, the deceased was identified as 53-year-old Adnan Ameer Baig. Police said Baig had been residing alone in the apartment and was unemployed.