MEERUT, July 4 -- The burnt body of a man, who went missing on June 29, was on Saturday recovered from a field near Dhikana village under Baraut Kotwali police station in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, police said.

The deceased was identified as Sachin Kumar, 38, a resident of Luhari village. Sachin, who worked as an accountant at a local brick kiln, was allegedly abducted, killed and his body was burned with acid before being dumped in a sugarcane field in an apparent bid to destroy evidence, police added. However, the motive for the crime is yet to be ascertained.

His family identified the remains through a mobile phone and clothing found near the skeleton. The gruesome murder triggered protests by relatives, who accused the police...