UP teacher seeks marriage; school manager kills her, keeps body in car boot; held

Police arrested a Deoria school manager for allegedly killing a teacher after a marriage dispute. Investigators recovered her belongings, examined his car and are probing possible accomplices.School manager arrested for strangling teacher over marriage pressureDeoria,Nov 4, 2026 03:14 ISTA school manager in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria has been arrested for allegedly murdering a woman teacher who was pressuring him to marry her, keeping her body in his car's boot throughout the day and dumping it near a school after dark, police said.The accused, identified as Vijay Nishad, was arrested by the Rudrapur police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) after an investigation into the woman's murder. The victim, Rani Vishwakarma, 26, was a teacher at V N Central Academy in Nai Bazar, Chauri Chaura, in neighbouring Gorakhpur district.According to police, Nishad was the manager of the same school and had developed a close relationship with Vishwakarma. However, he was already married and had two children. Investigators said Vishwakarma had been repeatedly pressuring him to marry her, which allegedly led to tensions between the two.TEACHER MURDERED INSIDE CAR AFTER ARGUMENT OVER MARRIAGEAccording to Deoria Superintendent of Police Abhijeet R Shankar, the incident took place on October 31, 2026. Vishwakarma reached the school at around 8.30 am and again raised the issue of marriage with Nishad. The accused allegedly tried to persuade her against pursuing the matter, but an argument followed. At around 9.15 am, he took her in his white Maruti WagonR to an isolated unpaved road outside Meetha Bel village.Police said Nishad initially continued trying to convince her, but when the conversation failed to resolve the dispute, he allegedly strangled her on the rear seat of the car. He then placed her body in the vehicle's boot, covered it and drove around with the body inside for the rest of the day, waiting for darkness before disposing of it, investigators said.BROKE VICTIM'S PHONE, THREW AWAY ATM CARD BEFORE DUMPING BODYDuring the day, the accused also allegedly drove towards Chauri Chaura. On the way, between Bankat and Bairagi, he broke the victim's mobile phone and threw away her ATM card in an attempt to destroy evidence, according to police.At around 8.30 pm, he allegedly dumped her body in bushes near Shri Net Global School in Rudrapur, Deoria, and fled.Police received information about a woman's body lying in roadside bushes within the Rudrapur police station limits that evening. An investigation was launched immediately to establish her identity.The victim was identified the following day as Rani Vishwakarma, daughter of Subhash Chandra Vishwakarma, a resident of Khuruhuri village under the Jhangha police station area of Gorakhpur district.Following a complaint by her family, a case was registered under Sections 103(1) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).POLICE RECOVER VICTIM'S BELONGINGS, CONDUCT FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF CARSP Abhijeet R Shankar said the accused was arrested and produced before the court for further legal proceedings.During the investigation, police recovered the victim's ATM card, cardholder and mobile phone cover based on Nishad's disclosures. Forensic examination of the accused's WagonR was also conducted, with samples collected from the vehicle's boot, where the body had allegedly been kept for several hours.The SP said the investigation had included the necessary technical and forensic procedures and expressed confidence that the police would pursue the case to secure a conviction.He added that the victim's family had raised suspicions about the possible involvement of other people. While only one person had been arrested so far, police were investigating this angle as well.- Ends