madurai the charred body of a man was found at a crematorium near nagercoil in kanyakumari district on thursday the police suspected that the body was burnt using fuel in a bid to destroy the identity of the person and cover up a murder which has made it difficult for them to identify the man and find the culpritsthe body was spotted by villagers beneath the cremation shed of one the nearly 10 crematoriums at kariyamanickapuram village close to the madurai to kanyakumari national highway on being alerted nagercoil assistant superintendent of police g jawahar and kottar police conducted preliminary investigations at the spotaccording to the police they were able to spot cut injures caused using a sharp weapon on the victims neck however further injuries could not be spotted as the body was fully burnt they said that the reason behind the murder would be known only when his identity is establishedit is suspected that he could have been murdered elsewhere and his body was burnt at the crematorium efforts were on to retrieve cctv footages from nearby places to identify the accused the body was sent to the kanyakumari government medical college and hospital for autopsy and to preserve it till the man is identified