In a sensational incident, a Sanskrit professor of a local college in Sonbhadra district was found murdered on Wednesday morning.
He was brutally killed by the assailant who slit his throat with some sharp-edged weapon.
The deceased, Jagjit Singh, 45, lived in the village in a rented room. His body was found in a pool of blood on his bed and the door of his house was ajar.
Senior police officials rushed to the spot on receiving information and sent the body for post-mortem.
According to the police, Jagjit Singh, a native of Fatehpur district, was posted as a professor of Sanskrit in Bhaurao Deoras Post-graduate College in Duddhi police station area of Sonbhadra district. He was also the coordinator of IGNOU.
Singh lived with the family on rent in the house of a former lekhpal of Malladeva village in the Kotwali police area. The family was not present at the time of murder.
A neighbour first noticed the incident and informed the police. The cops contacted the family members but so far they had failed to give any clue. They claimed that the professor had no dispute with anyone which could lead to his brutal killing.
Some suspects have been detained for questioning. Further investigations are ongoing.