India, March 31 -- The decomposed body of a 39-year-old man, missing since Sunday, was found in an open field at Mungeshpur near Bawana in Delhi on Tuesday, police said.

Police identified the man as Pradeep (single name), who was a habitual offender at the Bawana police station. Police said a murder case was registered at the station after the body was found.

Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (outer-north) Hareshwar Swami said that on Tuesday, the police station received a call regarding an unidentified man's body in an open field at Mungeshpur. A police team reached there and found the body in a decomposed condition. The deceased was subsequently identified by his brother, Anil.

On Sunday around 2 pm, Pradeep had gone to a liquor sh...