The woman’s body is found filled in a suitcase near a bus stand in the northern Indian state of Hariana, which prompts shock and outrage.
Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder two days after Himani Narval’s body, 23, was found on the Rochtak-Delhi highway on March 1.
“We have arrested an accused and more investigations are involved,” a police officer said.
“The accused belonged to a village in the Djadjar area and was known to the deceased” ” Hindustan Times Quoting a senior police officer, citing a region in Hariana.
“We will produce the man before the court and seek his residue to determine the causes of the terrible murder. Prima Facie seems to have happened between the accused and the Himani. “
The suspect, identified only as Sachin, was detained in neighboring Delhi and apparently acknowledged the crime, India Today Reported.
The defendant, married with two children, has been in contact with Narval for more than a year, said senior police officer Krishna Kumar Rao at a press conference on Monday.
He is said to have visited the woman’s home in Rochtak on February 27 and remained overnight.
The next day, they fell into a heated dispute during which he tied it with a piece of cloth and strangled it to death with a cable to charge a mobile phone, said G -n RAO.
Sachin waved Narval’s jewelry and filled his body in a suitcase he found in the house. Later that evening, he took Author to the Rohtak bus stand and got on a bus to Sampla, where he threw away the body, the policeman added.
According to India todayThe man was in relationships with Narval and accused her of blackmailing him. He wore Narval’s mobile phone when he was detained.
Rajnesh Kumar, deputy chief of police, leading the investigation, said the suitcase belongs to the victim’s family. “We explore all angles. At this stage we found certain clues, but we cannot disclose them. We also take help from cyber and forensic experts and browsing footage from the CCTV camera, ”quoted G -n Kumar, quoted by Indian ExpressS
Scratches and bites found on Sachin’s hands show that Narval is fighting back, the Indian news agency Ani said. Investigators also checked that he had bet on jewelry as a receipt indicating such a transaction for him.
Narval, a law student, is actively involved in Bharat Joda’s campaign of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and was widely recognized as a congressional worker.
It was last seen on February 27.
Her family, who lives in Vijay Nagar on Rochtak, refused to perform her last rites until the perpetrators were tried. Her mother Savita Rani is said to be said that Narval’s rapid rise in the Congress Party could make her enemies.
“It may be one of the party who was jealous of her or someone else,” said Gi Rani.
Former Chief Minister of Hariana Bhupinder Singh Huda of the Congress Party has demanded a fair investigation. “The culprit is the culprit, whether he or she is in the party or outside. The law must take his course,” said G -n Huda.
Harian’s senior Minister Anil Vimia of the Bharatiya party, Janna, described the allegations of Gi wounds about domestic political rivalry as “serious” and assured that police were investigating in detail all possible reasons.
The legislator of the Congress Party Deepender Hooda has called for strict action against the perpetrator. “We require an example punishment for anyone who is guilty in this case,” he said.
The autopsy is held in Pandit Bhagat Dale Sharma, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rochtak, but the report is yet to come.