PRAYAGRAJ: A priest of a temple was found dead with his hands and legs tied in a field in Anantapur locality on Monday morning in UP’s Prayagraj, police said.
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Police said the hands and legs of the priest — identified as Manindra Nath Tiwari (50) — were tied with a cloth and a cloth was stuffed in the mouth.
Prima facie it appears that Tiwari died due to suffocation, they said.
The body has been sent for postmortem and a case is being registered on the complaint of his family members.
With PTI inputs