India, June 10 -- A two-month hunt to identify a woman whose charred body was found dumped in a forested tract in Panvel has ended with the arrest of a 27-year-old Thane brick supplier, who allegedly murdered her and set the body on fire after she allegedly pressured him to marry her.

The accused, Karan Namdev Patil, a resident of Shilphata, was arrested on Sunday by the Panvel Taluka police. Police identified the victim as Anitadevi Bhagwan Rajbhar, 30, a resident of the Mumbra-Diva Road area who had been reported missing since April. She was separated from her husband and was reportedly living with her brother.

According to police, Patil and Rajbhar were known to each other and had been in regular contact before her disappearance. Dur...