Sultanpur, March 14 The body of a 55-year-old man was found in a canal near the Avsanpur village here on Saturday morning, police said.
Villagers spotted the body floating in the canal in the Shivgarh area and alerted the police. A team reached the scene and retrieved the body, they added.
There were injury marks on the head and other parts of the body, raising suspicion that the death could be a case of murder, police said.
Shivgarh Police Station SHO Chandrabhan Verma said the deceased has been identified as Samar Bahadur, a resident of Bharkhare.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, police said.