India, May 29 -- Ghaziabad A body of a 21-year-old man was found with several gunshot wounds near Banthla canal in Loni on Wednesday night, and the Ghaziabad police registered a first information report (FIR) for murder on Thursday, said officials.

A team of officials visited the spot after some locals informed police that a body was lying there, they said.

According to police, the man was identified from his personal documents as a resident of Baghpat and later his family was informed.

"The body had three to four gunshot injuries on the chest. It was sent for autopsy. After his family arrived, an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 103(1) for murder was registered at the Loni police station against two suspect brothers," Siddhar...