Grain merchant's body found in ditch with throat slit in UP's AmethiHe was identified as Hariom Agrahari (50), a resident of Nagar Palika ward number 23, Chowk Gauriganj, they said.
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Amethi: The blood-soaked body of a grain merchant was found in a ditch here on Saturday morning, police said.
He was identified as Hariom Agrahari (50), a resident of Nagar Palika ward number 23, Chowk Gauriganj, they said.
Agrahari's body was found in a ditch near Barnatikar village in the Gauriganj police station area. His throat was slit, according to police.
Station House Officer, Gauriganj, Shyam Narayan Pandey said that Agrahari was killed with a sharp weapon.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, he said.