An Indian national was found brutally murdered in Haripurwa Municipality of the Sarlahi district on Thursday.

According to the police, the decapitated body of 28-year-old Shekhar Suman was recovered by the police from a field in Pathara Pul of Haripurwa Municipality Ward 1. His severed head was found some 20 metres away from the body.

The deceased was a local of the Sonbarsa-9, Sitamarhi district in the Indian state of Bihar, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Kailash Rai.

No weapons have been found at the incident site.

Preparations are underway to send the body to the Provincial Hospital for postmortem.

Further investigation into the matter is underway, police said.