Derabassi (Punjab), Aug 5 - A 27-year-old man of this Punjab town was found dead in the Italian city of Milan and his grief-stricken family has now sought help from the government to bring his body back home.

Ramesh Kumar, who had migrated to Italy in 2007 and worked in a timber factory in Milan, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on the banks of a river July 28.

'We are feeling very helpless as we do not know the procedure to bring back our son's body to India. He was murdered in Italy and we were informed about this by one of our relatives residing there,' Kumar's father Madan Lal, a small-time businessman here, said Wednesday.

'Our relative told us that Kumar had left his home for work but did not return in time and police informed them about his murder.