SHO Upendra Yadav said that some transporters informed Sahibabad police about the body lying on the road after which the Sahibabad police reached the spot and recovered the middle-aged man.
No signs of injury were visible on the corpse as police tried to establish his identity, Yadav said.
The body has been sent for postmortem. Police is trying to ascertain the cause of his death.
Possibility of liquor consumption of liquor cannot be ruled out, SHO said.