Officials said they managed to trace the dead man's relativeusing technical inputs. (Representational)
A dead man's relative was traced by police after a railway fine receipt was found on his body in Palghar, Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.
The body of an unidentified person was found at around 10:45 pm on January 31 near the railway tracks between Umargaon and Gholwad stations, he said.
"Based on 12 numbers found on a railway fine receipt on the corpse, we managed to trace the man's relative using technical inputs," he added.