India, Dec. 3 -- A 20-year-old man was murdered in Gorakhpur, allegedly by his friends, who beheaded him and dumped his head and torso in the neighbouring district. The police detained two suspects in the case, one of whom confessed to killing him over a money dispute during a drunken brawl.

On Monday, police recovered the body parts of a young man, who has been identified as Ambuj Prakashendy, a resident of Surya Vihar Colony, news agency PTI reported. According to the police, Ambuj left his home on November 26 in the evening for a haldi ceremony. When he did not return, and his phone remained switched off, Ambuj's family filed a missing persons complaint on November 28.

Police began investigating the matter and reached out to one of A...