The body which was found yesterday was identified as of Mohar Singh (45), a confectioner from Turkiawas village. On the complaint of the brother of the deceased, a case was today registered by the police on murder charges against one Mahesh Kumar Yadav of Mirpur village.
The deceased's brother Laxmi Narain alleged that the accused Mahesh, who had taken Mohar Singh with him on Friday, apparently killed him, burnt his body and then threw it in a village field.
The body has been sent for postmortem to PGIMS Rohtak, ahe said.