Charred body found may be Ali’s: Cops

“The body has been sent for a postmortem and we will call the family members on Saturday for identification,” the DIG added.

In case there is still some ambiguity regarding the identity,the police could also opt for a DNA test,the DIG said. Four persons — Kamal,Arvind,Babblo and Tannu — who were arrested on November 9 on charges of kidnapping Ali had confessed to have killed him.

They also admitted to throwing Ali’s body on the Lucknow-Kanpur highway road under the Ajgain police station.

Circle Officer,Govind Nagar,Prashant Kumar said,“For the last four days,we have been making efforts to trace Ali’s body at Ajgain and in the Sai river.”

Hinting at the involvement of more people in the case,the officer said: “Possibilities are that Ali’s body was burnt and thereafter thrown in Gwaltoli.”

Adding that the four had confessed to the murder,Kumar said: “Even as the arrested men admitted that they had hidden the body in Ajgain,it was surprising that it could not be traced. We recovered the knife and the clothes.”

The Circle Officer of Colenlganj,Shoaib Iqbal,meanwhile,said the unidentified person had been murdered somewhere else and his body was thrown in the Gwaltoli area.

“We have searched the adjoining areas and it is certain that the man was not killed in the Gwaltoli area. Locals present at the spot till late night denied having any information about the incident,” he added.