A 40-year-old teacher was allegedly stabbed to death by her stalker on her way to school and her burnt body was found near her house in Bihar’s Katihar district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased, identified by police as Kumari Yashoda was posted at Pakarhiya Primary School. The incident took place near her house at Pakariya Lakshmipur falling under the jurisdiction of Pranpur police limits, a Hindustan Times report said.
“The woman teacher was killed by stabbing and later the accused set the body on fire to conceal the evidence. The matter is related to love affairs. A special investigation team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate the gruesome incident and soon the accused will be nabbed,” said Katihar Superintendent of Police (SP), Jitendra Kumar.
The body was sent to Katihar district hospital for a postmortem.
“We have not yet lodged any first information report (FIR) but an investigation is underway, and police have identified the accused who will be arrested soon,” a local police officer was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying.
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