PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 12 -- The body of a newly married woman, who went missing from a local fair in Jhalwa locality under Dhoomanganj police station area, was found on Saturday in a ditch in the Sasura Khaderi river near the airport area, six days after her husband had taken her to the fair, said police on Saturday.

The woman, who had accompanied her husband to the fair after shopping, left him with a promise to return in half an hour, but never came back. Her husband approached the Dhoomanganj police station to report her missing, but no report was filed. After her body was discovered, he lodged a murder complaint against unidentified individuals at the airport police station.

Rabita, 20, a resident of Phulwari Bagh Kathula, was married to ...