"Suspecting it to be a case of murder, his relatives have registered a case against two suspects," said Hom Singh Yadav, SHO, Surajpur.
Preet was missing for the last 20 days and his family members had lodged a missing complaint at Surajpur police station, police said.
Today, he was found dead near railway tracks, police said, adding that the body has been sent for post mortem examination.
Exact cause of the death will be known after the post mortem.