Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 2 (PTI) The body of a 48-year-old car driver was found with bullet injuries in a field in neighbouring Shamli district on Wednesday, police said.

The driver, Rajkumar Sharma, was found lying dead in a sugarcane field in Jhinjhana area, they said.

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According to SP Nitya Nand Rai, the car was found parked on the roadside, near the body.

The driver had gone to drop a person on Tuesday but did not return to his home late in the night, police said.

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The body has been sent for post-mortem. Police are probing into the matter.

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