Nagpur/Chandrapur, Oct. 19 -- A middle aged schoolteacher has allegedly murdered a 45-year-old woman with whom he was in a relationship, transported her body from Chandrapur in his car and buried it inside a vacant house in Nagpur's Hingna, police said on Monday.

In an attempt to destroy evidence, the accused, identified as Santosh Bhagwan Sakharakar (49), allegedly covered the burial pit with concrete, in a case bearing similarities to the plot of the Bollywood crime thriller Drishyam. The woman's body was exhumed in the early hours of Sunday.

According to police, Sakharakar allegedly killed Vaishali Vilas Tiple, a resident of Chandrapur, following a dispute between them on October 14.

During the argument, he reportedly hit her on the c...