KANPUR: Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a woman whose body, tied with a wooden log, was recovered from Adarsh Vihar in Chakeri area on March 12.The man has been identified as Amar Singh, who along with the woman’s husband, Pappu, had committed the woman’s murder.SP (Rural), Pradyumna Singh, said that the body, recovered from an isolated plot, was identified as that of woman Bhoori of Bareilly.“Bhoori had married Pappu of Banda. As he was jobless, he contacted his friend Amar, native of Fatehpur, and asked him to find a job for him. On the assurance given by Amar for arranging a job, Pappu and his wife Bhoori came to the city. The couple was putting up at a rented accommodation in Shyam Nagar area of Chakeri. As Bhoori used to quarrel with her husbnd over his drinking habits, the latter along with Amar decided to kill her,” the SP said.“The accused, after strangulating Bhoori to death, poured acid on her face to conceal her identity. They tied her body with a wooden log and dumped it at a vacant plot in Shyam Nagar area of Chakeri, probably on the night of March 12 and escaped thereafter,” the police said.An FIR under various sections of IPC, including section 302 (murder), has been registered against Amar and Pappu at Chakeri police station, the police said. On the basis of inputs provided by Amar, a police team has been sent to Gujarat to arrest Pappu, the police further said.

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