Ghaziabad, Dec. 30 -- The skeletal remains of an 11-year-old boy who went missing last month have been found near a village in Ghaziabad, police said on Monday.

The body was found among bushes near Samaypur Katiyara village, said Surendra Nath Tiwary, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of the rural zone. The village falls under the jurisdiction of Masuri police station.

It was not immediately clear how the boy died but the skull was found at some distance from the rest of the remains. He was also wearing, what appeared to be, a blood-stained T-shirt on the basis of which his family identified him. The body has been sent for autopsy to ascertain the cause of death and forensic teams have collected evidence from the site, the DCP added....