HYDERABAD: Family members of a 24-year-old man, who went missing on Wednesday night, have lodged a complaint with

alleging that he was burnt alive on the

of a housewife from

by her family members suspecting that he was practicing

.

According to police, Anjaneyulu, 24, from Adraspalli village near Shamirpet, went missing after leaving his house on Wednesday night.

Family members of Anjaneyulu found his footwear near the funeral pyre of Laxmi, 40, a housewife from Adraspalli, who died of ill health while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital on Tuesday night.

"Anjaneyulu's family began looking for him and they found his footwear near the funeral pyre of Laxmi. As some part of the body was still burning on the pyre at 10 pm, they pulled it aside suspecting that it was Anjaneyulu's," Pet Basheerabad ACP AVR Narasimha Rao said.

Family members of Anjaneyulu alleged that Laxmi's family members have burnt Anjaneyulu alive on her funeral pyre, suspecting that Anjaneyulu performed black magic on Laxmi and caused her death, Shamirpet police said.

Shamirpet inspector B Naveen Reddy said that they are questioning Laxmi's husband Chittari and others, including his cousin, about the incident. The charred body parts and the abandoned footwear were seized by police for further investigation.