In a suspected case of honour killing, a Dalit youth was murdered in Hisar for marrying an upper caste girl.

The dead body was recovered from a railway track in Mirzapur Dhansu and the deceased has been identified as Rajesh Kumar alias Amarjeet .

"He is my younger brother who was missing from last two days. He had married an upper caste girl on October 23, 2015. We also received a threat letter from the family of the girl. They had threatened us of dire consequences two to three times," Rajesh's elder brother Rajesh Kumar said.

Rajesh Kumar alias Amarjeet, 22 , a resident of Milgate in Amannagar had gone missing on Friday.

Reportedly, the girl's family was not happy with her marriage with Rajesh and had threatened his family of dire consequences.

The couple has a five-month-old child.

The police is investigating the case and no arrests have been made so far.