The half-naked body of a woman was found on the bank of Danab River at Suddhodhan Rural Municipality-7 in Rupandehi district on Monday. Locals, who had gone to graze cattle, informed police after they saw the body this morning. A joint team of Area Police Office, Chapiya and District Police Office reached the incident site shortly after they got the information. It has been learnt that there were red and blue marks around her neck. Police have recovered slippers of a man and a woman near the body. Locals claimed that she was murdered after rape. Police said that they are looking into the case. The body has been brought to the Bhim Hospital in Bhairahawa for postmortem. The identity of the woman, who appears to be in her mid-20s, is yet to be established. रुपन्देहीको सूर्यपुरा पुलमा एक युवतीको अर्धनग्न अवस्थामा शव फेला परेको छ । शुद्धोधन गाउँपालिका–७ दानव नदी छेउमा सोमबार बिहान करिब २२ वर्षीया युवतीको शव फेला परेको हो । गाई चराउन गएका स्थानीयले शव देखेर प्रहरीलाई खबर गरेका थिए । स्थानीयको खबरपछि इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय छपिया र जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयको टोली घटनास्थल गएको थियो । युवतीको घाटीमा निलडाम छ । प्रहरीले शव नजिकै महिला र पुरुषका चप्पल फेला पारेको छ । युवतीको बलात्कार पछि हत्या गरेको स्थानीयको दाबी छ । हत्या कारण बारे अनुसन्धान भइरहेको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । रुपन्देहीका प्रहरी प्रवक्ता प्रहरी नायब उपरीक्षक कुमोद ढुंगानाले घटनास्थलको अध्ययन र शवको परीक्षणपछि कारण पत्ता लाग्ने बताए । शव अहिले पोष्टमार्टमका लागि भैरहवाको भीम अस्पताल ल्याइएको छ । युवतीको पहिचान समेत नखुलेको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।