MEERUT, June 2 -- A 24-year-old farmer and property dealer from Hapur district was allegedly abducted and murdered, with his bullet-riddled body found inside his SUV near the Kali underpass on the Meerut-Bulandshahr highway late Monday night, police said. The victim's wife accused two men, including a district-level political leader, of involvement in the killing, they added.

According to officials, the deceased, identified as Tushar Tyagi, a resident of Doyami village in Hapur, sustained three gunshot wounds to the head. His body was found on the driver's seat of his Scorpio, which was parked on a service road beneath the Kali overbridge.

Tushar's wife, Shikha Tyagi, told police that her husband left home around 8 pm on Monday after ta...