Deoria, Jul 17 (PTI) The body of a 50-year-old man was found near a cemetery in Tikar village of Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district on Thursday morning, police said.
Locals spotted the body lying beside the road adjacent to the cemetery around 6.30 am and immediately informed the Barhaj police station.
According to police, the deceased was identified as Hariprakash, a resident of Madkara village. He was apparently walking past the Tikar cemetery road on Wednesday night for some work.
Barhaj SHO Rahul Singh said prima facie the case appears to be a road accident, but the exact cause of death will be known after the post-mortem report is received.
Further investigation is ongoing, Singh added. PTI COR KIS NB
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