AGRA: A policeman has been arrested for the murder of a 25-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Agra. The body was found on December 29 from the room rented by Raghavendra Singh (27), the said policeman. The police informed that on December 28, the girl went to the rented room and met Raghavendra.

Agra ACP informed that Raghavendra has been arrested in the case of rape and murder of the girl. He also informed that sections of murder, rape and SCST Act have been charged against the accused.

The post-mortem report says that she died by hanging. Constable Raghavendra Singh, a native of Jhansi, was living on rent in Belanganj.

Both of them had known each other for a long time. The girl was working at a kidney center in Gurugram. The accused was taken into police custody on Sunday on the complaint of the girl's family.