Kasargod : A home nurse who went missing about a month ago has been found dead and in a decomposed and buried state and arrested a murderer.

The deceased woman has been identified as Rajani (32), an employee of a private home nurse firm in Chervattur. She was hailing from Olavara in Trikkaripura.

The arrested is identified as Satish (40) of Neeleshwara Kanichara, the owner of the firm.

Satish was married man with two kids, who had an affair with Rajani. He had even assured to marry her.

It is learnt that, Rajani had visited his office on September 12 and pressurized him to marry her leading to an argument. As a course of an argument Satish had pushed her and strangulated her to death.

Feared by the death, Sathish took the body wrapped in a plastic sheet in an Omni car and buried near the lavatory septic tank of the rented house of Satish.

Although the family members of Rajani suspected Satish to kill her, he had refrained giving room for more suspicion.

The team of police led by DySP Harishchandra Nayak took up investigation and traced Satish based on his mobile network.