In a sensational case of rape and murder, the naked body of an unidentified woman with multiple injuries was found in a sugarcane field in Sambhal district on Friday morning.
The body was packed in a sack and the police said the woman was possibly killed elsewhere and her body was dumped in the field in Musapur village.
The body was sent for autopsy to ascertain she was sexually assaulted or not.
Additional Superintendent of Police Alok Kumar Jaiswal said: "There were multiple injuries on the body. It appears she died of a head injury. The woman was killed at a different place and the accused then dumped the body in the field to conceal the crime. We have registered an FIR for murder and have sent the body for autopsy. Efforts are on to establish her identity."
Meanwhile, in a tragic incident, a 21-year-old youth committed suicide in Bareilly on Thursday, reportedly after his elder brother eloped with a 19-year-old girl and the teenager's parents subjected him and his mother to public humiliation over the elopement.
The deceased was identified as Pramod Kumar, a resident of Bareilly's Bisharatganj area. He was a potter by profession. He was upset over his brother's decision to elope with the teenage girl. After they eloped, the girl's parents humiliated him and his mother on Wednesday night.