India, Oct. 4 -- Police on Friday exhumed the body of a 23-year-old man for post-mortem examination - a month after his final rites were performed - following allegations that he was murdered over an old rivalry, police said.

On September 3, police received information on the emergency helpline number 112 that a man had died in a road accident on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway under the jurisdiction of Dankaur police station, officials said, adding that a team was rushed to the scene and identified the deceased as Shahjad, resident of a village in Dankaur, Greater Noida.

"During the investigation, it was revealed that Shahjad had left home to see the swollen Yamuna river. While returning, a truck coming from the direction of Palwal h...