A 17-year-old boy from the city was found shot dead in Nala Sopara in Palghar district, police said on Friday. Shubam Bhumak, the victim, hailed from Ghodbandar locality in Thane and was working with a builder in Nala Sopara, Palghar police said.

Bhumak, who had rented a room with some other boys in Nala Sopara, spoke to his mother last night. However, when she called him again sometime later, there was no response. When his mother and sister visited his room in Nala Sopara on Friday, they found to their horror that he was lying dead, with half the body stuffed in a fridge.