Athgarh: In an appalling reminiscence of the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape in New Delhi, a driver and conductor of a transport have been captured for stealing, raping, killing and later dumping her body in Mahanadi stream.

The riddle behind the death of the young lady, whose body was found under Jatamundia bridge in Banki on August 2, was uncovered by police taking after the arrest of the two charged.

According to sources, the victim from Gourangpur in Athgarh was abducted in a bus and was raped and murdered at Ratagarh. Later the driver-conductor duo threw the dead body of the girl into Mahanadi from a bridge. Both the accused fled the spot after committing the crime.