An 85-year-old priest was found brutally murdered at a temple in Kadarpur village on Wednesday morning. His decapitated body was found lying in a pool of blood on the premises, the police said. The deceased was identified as Gobind Das. The victim originally hailed from Uttarakhand. He was residing at the temple - locally known as 'Pigeon Wala Mandir' - for the last 34 to 35 years. According to the police, when the villagers visited the temple for puja on Wednesday morning, they found the body of the deceased and immediately informed the police. Soon after receiving the information, a team of Sector-65 police station along with forensic experts rushed to the spot and took custody of the body.               

The police have ruled out the motive of theft behind the crime as all the valuables and cash in the temple were safe. However, suspect some old rivalry behind the incident.

"We are probing the matter as the motive behind the incident is yet to be known. The police are investigating the matter from all possible angles including screening the CCTV footage of the spot. Further probe is on," Assistant Commissioner of police (Sohna), Parveen Malik said.

The villagers told the police that the priest's health condition was not good and he usually spent his all-time in bed.

The police have sent the body for postmortem and have registered a murder case against an unknown at the Sector-65 police station. A police officer said the investigation is underway and the mystery behind the murder will be solved soon.