Meerut: Police has recovered the dead body of class 12th student Debolina, a professor's daughter in Meerut who had gone for tuitions on Monday evening after which she did not return home.

Her body was recovered from Sardhana jungle, a police official said here.

Debolina was kidnapped when she had gone to attend tuition classes.

According to police, they had arrested Sawan Jain on Tuesday in connection with the case and he had admitted to have strangulated the girl to death after she had slapped him over some issue.

The incident came to light on Monday when the girl's parents lodged a missing complaint following which the police recovered an abandoned two-wheeler in Daraula police station area.