An RTI activist missing since December 27 has been found dead at Shahpur village under Kandhla Police Station in Shamli district, officials said Friday.

"Kasim Saifi, 32, was missing from his home in Moradabad since the last week of December. After an investigation, Vikas Choudhry, a property deal, was taken in for questioning during which he confessed to killing the RTI activist," officials said.