Body of revenue officer, abducted last month, found in Bareilly: Police

BODY WAS FOUND FOLLOWING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A SUSPECT IN HIS ABDUCTION: COPS

- Press Trust of India

BAREILLY: The decomposed body of a revenue officer, who was abducted last month, was found on Sunday near a drain in Babhiya village in the Cantonment area of the district, police said.

The body of Manish Kashyap (45), who was abducted on November 27, has been sent for post-mortem, they added.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Anurag Arya said the body was found following information provided by a suspect in his abduction.

Police are interrogating other suspects and preparing to take stringent action against them.

Posted as a revenue officer in Faridpur tehsil, Kashyap had gone missing on November 27 after he had left home for duty. Kashyap's mother, Morakali, got a police complaint lodged, accusing a local representative from Khallpur village and his associates of abducting her son.