India, Oct. 27 -- A 25-year-old labourer has been arrested in Chhattisgarh's Baloda Bazar district for allegedly killing a woman he had been in a relationship with and burning her body to destroy evidence, a police statement said on Monday

Police identified the deceased as 26-year-old Tejaswini Patel, a resident of Charoti village, whose charred body was found on October 25.

A case was registered under sections 103(1) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at City Kotwali police station, and the investigation was launched.

Police said the woman had suffered multiple stab and blunt force injuries before being set on fire.

During the probe, police recorded statements of villagers and the victim's family to piece together a sequenc...