A teacher, who had gone missing for the past eight days, was found dead at the Chanp Jungle in Rai Motigada of Udayapur district on Friday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Jaya Bahadur Rai, 46, of the district.

Rai was a teacher at the Janata Primary School at Triyuga-7.

Local herdsmen saw the dead body of Rai in the jungle while returning home in the evening and informed police immediately.

Rai's body has been handed over to his relatives for carrying out final rites, Nar Bahadur KC, Chief at the District Police Office, Udayapur, said.

Rai had started showing unusual behaviour at his home for the past 15 days. Rai went missing the next day following his son's wedding. RSS