Gorakhpur, Oct. 30 -- A shocking murder case has come to light in the Gorakhnath police station area, where a missing woman was found murdered by her own brother.

The accused strangled his sister to death with a dupatta, stuffed her body into a sack, and dumped it in a sugarcane field in Nebua Naurangia area of Kushinagar district, police said today.

Police recovered the body late last night following the accused's confession during interrogation. The accused, identified as Ram Aashish Nishad, has been arrested.

The case dates to the night of October 27, when the family of Neelam Nishad, a resident of Nayagaon, reported her missing through the emergency helpline number 112. Informant Israwati Devi told police that her sister had left hom...