Rohtak, March 4 -- The body of a 28-year-old man was found with bullet injuries near a canal in Jhajjar's Mehrana village, police said on Monday.

The deceased has been identified as Mohit Kumar of the same village.

Kumar was reported missing on Sunday. Birender Singh, Kumar's uncle, said that his nephew was last spotted in the village around 6.30 pm on Sunday evening. He later lodged a missing complaint following which Jhajjar police launched a search operation.

According to police, a co-villager discovered Mohit's body and alerted the authorities.

"Prime facie it seems that Mohit was beaten before being shot at close range. A CCTV footage from the village shows him walking with an unidentified person. We are trying to identify the pe...