Hoshiarpur, Oct 10 (PTI) The body of an agriculture department official was found on a plot of land on the Jalandhar-Jammu highway in Punjab's Mukerian town on Sunday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Amandeep Singh Dadwal (32), according to Mukerian Station House Officer Inspector Karnail Singh.

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Marks of sharp edged weapons were found on the body, he said.

Dadwal was posted in the agriculture department branch at Mukerian.

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His body has been kept at the mortuary of the Civil Hospital in Mukerian for post mortem and a case under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder) has been registered, Singh said.

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