GORAKHPUR, Nov. 4 -- : The recovery of a 27-year-old teacher's body from bushes near Kanhauli village in Deoria district, and her subsequent identification through a photograph circulated by police in a local WhatsApp group, triggered protests in Gorakhpur on Tuesday. Her family members blocked the Nai Bazar road under Jhangha police station limits with the body, demanding justice, adequate compensation and strict punishment for those responsible.

Police said school manager Vijay Nishad (38) had been arrested following a complaint lodged by the victim's father, Subhash Chandra Vishwakarma. Police have also seized the car allegedly used to transport and dump the body in roadside bushes in Deoria.

The victim, Rani Vishwakarma (27), belong...