A man, aged around 35-year-old, was found dead at a construction pit filled with water in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday following which the cops have launched probe, officials said.

According to the officials, on June 25, at around 1:46 pm, the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) received information about a dead body floating in a pit at a construction site on road number 16 in Wagle Estate in Thane West.

"The dead body is believed to be that of an unidentified male, around 35-year-old, was found at a construction site," an official said, adding that the local police along with the civic officials rushed to the spot for primary investigations and shifting the dead body for a post-mortam.