Ghaziabad, June 26 -- A 30-year-old man whose family believed he was dead, cremated a body presumed to be his, and performed his 13th-day rituals on June 24, returned home to Sector 5, Vaishali, on Thursday morning, prompting police to re-examine a murder case registered in connection with his alleged death.

Police identified the man as Girdhari Singh, a resident of Sector 5, Vaishali.

The case stems from an FIR registered against Singh at Kaushambi police station on May 17 on a complaint by his neighbour, Shailesh Verma, 38, who runs an automobile workshop in the locality. Verma alleged that Singh hit him on the head with a hammer during an altercation, causing injuries.

The FIR was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 11...