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Elderly farmer found dead in UP's Shamli

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarnagar (UP)
The body of a 65-year-old farmer with injury marks was found from his fields at Kaidi village in Shamli district, police said today.

Om Prakash Dhiman was allegedly beaten to death yesterday by some unidentified persons, they said.

Dhiman had gone to his fields but did not return home, under Babri Police Station limits, after which a search was launched, police said.

The body was found with injury marks from the fields, a police official said, suspecting it to be a murder.

A case has been registered against unidentified persons and the body has been sent for post-mortem, the official added.

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First Published: Jul 09 2017 | 5:22 PM IST

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