A 25-year-old youth who had been abducted from Meerut was found dead in Kutubpur village in the district, police said.
The victim identified as Ashok, son of a trader Kirshan Pal, was allegedly abducted in a car from Meerut on Friday by his two associates Sanjiv and Sachin over a monetary dispute, they said.
Yesterday Vijay Rawat, the driver of the car, was arrested and Ashok's body was recovered. The two accused, Sanjiv and Sachin, are absconding, police said,
The body has been sent for postmortem and a case of abduction had already been registered in Kankerkhera police station in Meerut, they said, adding, search is on for the absconding accused.