Lucknow: A private school manager has been arrested for allegedly murdering a 27-year-old teacher and dumping her body in thickets in Deoria district.The accused, Vijay Nishad of Gorakhpur, 38, was arrested on Monday on a complaint lodged by the victim’s father, Subhash Chandra Vishwakarma. Police have also seized the WagonR car allegedly used to dispose of the body.Police suspect the murder was a fallout of a love affair between the victim Rani and the accused who is married. Cops are interrogating Vijay to establish the sequence of events and the motive behind the crime.Rani, a resident of Gorakhpur, had left her Deoria home around 8.30am on Oct 31 for school, saying she was going to collect her salary. She left the school around 3pm but did not return home.Around 7pm on Saturday, some locals spotted a white car stopping near a roadside thickets in Kanhauli village of Deoria. The occupants allegedly opened the boot, dumped a woman’s body in the bushes and sped away.Some villagers chased the vehicle for some distance but the driver managed to escape by speeding away. The villagers then informed the police.The vehicle reportedly also passed a police outpost at Ramlakshan, around 6km from the spot, with its boot open. Police personnel stationed noticed the open boot but did not stop the car.After recovering the body, police circulated the woman’s photograph on social media to establish her identity.On Sunday evening, some villagers recognised Rani from the photograph shared in a WhatsApp group and informed her family.Rudrapur SHO Kalyan Singh Sagar said preliminary investigations pointed towards a love affair as the possible motive behind the murder.
