A man was shot dead and his face crushed with stone in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said on Friday.
The body of Sukhram Munda was found on Thursday in a severely Maoist-affected village named Lanji in Toklo police station area, they told Press Trust of India.
Munda went to the weekly market on Monday and was missing since, they added.
Police said that prima facie it is suspected that Munda was shot dead and his face was crushed with stone to conceal his identity.
The incident is being probed from all angles, including personal enmity and Maoist activity, they said.
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