Major held for colleague's wife's murder
New Delhi, June 24: An Army Major was arrested on Sunday for his alleged role in the murder of his colleague's wife whose body was found with her throat slit on a road in Delhi Cantonment, police said.
Major Nikhil Handa was taken into custody from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. "He is being interrogated. The reason behind the murder is still not known," a police official said.
Handa is the prime suspect in the murder of Shailja Dwivedi, 35, wife of another Major, Amit Dwivedi. She was found dead on Saturday afternoon near Brar Square.
Shailja's body also had marks that appeared to have been caused after being run over by a vehicle. The police suspect that she could have been murdered first and then run over by the killer or by some other vehicle after her body was thrown on the road.
Police said Handa was a common friend of the couple and was believed to have had a dispute over some undisclosed matter.
Handa came under suspicion as he was the last person to be seen with the victim outside the Base Hospital in Delhi Cantonment which Shailja visited on Saturday morning for a physiotherapy session.
Shailja, who hailed from Amritsar, had been coming to the hospital for the last four days for treatment of her ankle.
A video footage captured by CCTV cameras installed outside the hospital showed both Shailja and Handa seated inside a Honda City car, police said.
"After that Handa went missing and his phone was switched off. He was held in Meerut in the same Honda City car," a police official privy to the case said.
Police claimed to have recovered important clues from the victim's mobile phone and her call records.
Shailja had left home at 10 a.m. on Saturday in an Army vehicle for a physiotherapy session. When the driver went to pick her up later, he was informed that she did not attend the session.
He went back to her residence in Parade Ground area and informed her husband who began a search.
Shailja's body was spotted by a passerby who informed police. The body remained unidentified for some hours. The husband later went to Naraina Police station to lodge a missing complaint where he identified Shailja's body.
Shailja and Handa are believed to have met in Dimapur in Nagaland where her husband is posted. The victim's husband recently moved to Delhi for training and has been residing in Army quarters in Naraina near the Cantonment area.
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Delhi: Father, son held for killing 19-year-old woman in suspected honour killing
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a man and his son for allegedly murdering his 19-year-old daughter in west Delhi's Hari Nagar area, an official said on Friday.
The case first came to light on April 1 after a PCR call was received around 2 pm, alleging that a woman had been killed by her family members and her body was being taken for last rites, he said.
The accused, identified as Mohammad Maneer (55), a vegetable vendor, and his son Meraj Ali (19), were arrested in connection with the case, the officer said.
The victim had been in a relationship with a man from her native place for the past two years, which was opposed by her father, Maneer and brother Meraj, he said.
"When the girl did not end the relationship despite objections, the family killed her," the officer said.
On April 1, the police said that when their team reached the spot, they found that the woman's body was being taken for burial.
Acting on the input, the burial process was stopped over suspicion of honour killing.
"Police intercepted the family members and took possession of the body," he said.
Police said that the man who had made the PCR told them that the woman was in love with his cousin.
During the inquiry, police also interacted with the PCR caller, who said his cousin, a friend of the deceased, had informed him about the situation and suspected foul play, prompting him to alert the police control room.
The body of the woman was subsequently shifted to the mortuary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for preservation and postmortem.
Police said that both the crime team and the forensic science laboratory (FSL) team were called to inspect the scene and collect evidence.
Police said that, as per the postmortem report, the cause of death was identified as smothering, indicating that the woman was suffocated.
A preliminary inquiry also revealed that the family had initiated preparations for the last rites soon after the woman's death, raising suspicion about the circumstances.
Initial investigation pointed to the family's opposition to the woman's relationship.
"The family members of the woman saw her with the man, and she was taken back home. We got to know that she was beaten up and even locked inside the house for some days," a source said.
Further investigation into the matter is underway, police added.
