India, Sept. 18 -- The school teacher, arrested a day after the decomposed body of a Class 7 student was found in Rampurhat, West Bengal's Birbhum district, denied raping the girl but admitted to disposing of her arms and legs in a ditch that remains untraced, police said on Thursday.

The girl, a member of a tribal community, went missing on August 28 while on her way to a private tutorial class, after which her family lodged a complaint at the Rampurhat police station.

Locals spotted a large sack near a ditch outside Kalidanga village and informed the police on Tuesday night. "The victim's decomposed and dismembered body was found inside the sack," an officer said. However, the arms and legs were missing.

The teacher was arrested on W...