Overview
- The victim was identified as 25-year-old Anchal Mishra, a mother of two and the district women’s wing president of a farmers’ union in Shravasti.
- She disappeared on February 17 after leaving for a meeting in Bhinga; on March 3 investigators recovered her skull, jawbone and spine in the Kakardari forest, with clothes and shoes found nearby.
- Police arrested Suraj Verma after her husband named him, saying interrogation yielded a confession to strangulation and information that guided the recovery of remains.
- Investigators report the two had been in contact for three to four months, noted overlapping phone locations, and say Verma stayed close to the family during the search.
- Police believe wild animals scavenged the body, and they describe Verma as a history-sheeter facing seven prior cases, with further legal steps underway.