Silchar, April 19 -- A partially decomposed body of a 49-year-old primary school teacher, who went missing while on polling duty 10 days ago, was found in a remote forest area of Karbi Anglong, police said on Sunday, adding that the cause of death will be ascertained after a post-mortem.

Assam voted for its sixteenth legislative assembly on April 9. Police officers identified the deceased as Cornelius Kindo, a resident of Dhansiri Bazar in Diphu and a school teacher at Kathalguri Nepali Basti Primary School.

A group of wood collectors spotted the body on Sunday deep inside a dense and remote forested hill area near Rongwong while heading towards the hills. "Locals informed the police, following which a team reached the spot and the body...