India, Jan. 17 -- The Ghaziabad police have registered an FIR for murder and destruction of evidence in a case where a charred and unidentifiable human body was found in the passenger seat of a burnt auto in Loni's Agraula on January 14, officials said.

On the basis of the chassis number, the police reached out to the family of auto owner, Naveen Kumar, a resident of Vikas Nagar in Loni.

Naveen's family said he had been missing for 3-4 days and did not return home, police added.

"The family suspected that Naveen was murdered and the body set afire by some unidentified assailants. Based on their complaint, we registered a case under BNS section 103(1) (murder) and 238 (destruction of evidence) at Loni police on Friday. The autopsy repor...