Meerut, May 18 -- Bareilly police have arrested the accused in the murder of a 23-year-old DElEd student whose body was found in a field in the CB Ganj area, after a late-night encounter on Sunday.

The accused, identified as Ashok Kumar, a resident of Lakhimpur Bhika village under the Kemri police station limits of Rampur district, sustained a bullet injury to his leg during the operation and later confessed to the crime.

The victim, Neetu Gangwar, a resident of Manpur village in the Sheeshgarh area, was found dead on Saturday afternoon in a field located nearly 400 metres inside from Jhumka Chauraha in CB Ganj. Preliminary investigation revealed that she had been strangled to death using her dupatta.

Following identification of the bo...