A 38-year-old woman school teacher was killed and her body was thrown into a valley by her lover, who allegedly committed suicide later by jumping into a river in Chhattisgarh. The landlord of the deceased accused was arrested on charges of helping him to hide the woman's body.
The murder took place on August 2 in Lolesara village in Bemetara district, but it came to light after the victim woman's mother lodged a missing person's complaint in adjoining Kabirdham district on August 8, Kabirdham Additional Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar told news agency PTI.