PRAYAGRAJ, May 7 -- The body of a 30-year-old NTPC employee was found in a dried canal near Deha village under Karachana police station in trans-Yamuna area of the district on Tuesday morning.

Station house officer (SHO) Anoop Saroj arrived at the scene upon receiving information and initially attempted to identify the body, but in vain. However later, after the victim's photograph circulated on social media, the deceased was identified as 30-year-old Dheeraj Mishra, an NTPC employee, who had come to his in-laws' place to attend a wedding function.

On the complaint of the deceased's father-in-law Ashok Gautam, the police have registered an FIR against unknown persons and an investigation is now underway, police officials said.

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