Mystery shrouded over the discovery of the body of a security guard at the MLA hostel at Kyd Street under Park Street police station in Kolkata, official sources said on Saturday.

Police Constable Jaidev Gharai was found dead on a balcony of the MLA hostel's 419 room on the ground floor this morning.

The deceased (34), hailing from Purulia district police, was the bodyguard of TMC MLA Rajiv Lochan Soren of Burdwan constituency.

The homicide wing of Lalbazar was investigating the unnatural death, sources said.

(With UNI inputs)