MADHUBANI, March 10 -- An unidentified man was found dead with multiple bullet injuries in Bihar's Madhubani district on Tuesday, prompting police to launch a murder investigation, officials said.

The body was recovered from an agricultural field near the Kosi canal between Dahila and Jatiahi villages in Parjuar panchayat under Arer police station limits of the Benipatti sub-division. According to police, locals noticed the body during a cleaning drive in the area and immediately alerted the authorities.

Station house officer of Arer police station, Anand Shankar Gaurav, reached the spot with a police team after receiving information and informed senior officers about the incident.

Benipatti sub-divisional police officer Amit Kumar sai...