Police have started search for the body of Sandip Yadav, 18, of Tenuwapatti2 following information that he had been killed after abduction.

A police team led by SP Rajesh Kumar Lal Karn of the district police office began search for his body on January 3 after they were informed about his murder.

SP Karn said that they dug up five sites at the bank of Gagan river in Ayodhyanagar VDC. He said that two pants with blood spots and a burnt shoe was found from the sites. He added that a trained dog might be called if needed to search for the body.

Whereabouts of Sandip were unknown after he was abducted by an unidentified group while returning home from Tenuwapatti on a motorbike with Sumit Karn on August 20, 2011.