Prateek Chauhan
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 24Delhi Police have arrested an Army Major from Meerut for his suspected role in the murder of a colleague’s 30-year-old wife, police said on Sunday.Police arrested Major Nikhil Handa from Daurala in Meerut for having possibly played a role in murdering Major Amit Diwedi’s wife Shelja. He will be handed over to a civil court for trial.Major Handa was spotted with the victim hours before she went missing from the Army Base Hospital in Delhi Cantonment. Her body was found on a secluded road near Delhi Cantonment on Saturday.A senior investigator said that information gathered at the hospital and the victim’s phone led them to the suspect, who had also disappeared since the crime came to light.Police are still unclear about the motive, saying it could either be a love affair gone sour, or a personal enmity.An image from a CCTV showed the victim arguing with a man.“We have found that the suspect and the victim had an argument before the murder. A love triangle could be a possible motive,” the source said.