New Delhi, June 27

The Delhi police may extend the police custody of Army Major Nikhil Rai Handa, who, the police suspect, murdered Shelja Dwivedi, the wife of another Major, as he was not cooperating and misleading the police investigation, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vijay Kumar.During the search operation at Brar Square, Delhi Cantonment, a team of 25 policemen and doctors, who performed Shelja’s postmortem, was looking for the knife that was used to kill her and the umbrella she was carrying, which the accused said he threw it in a forest after killing her, the DCP said.“We are trying to find out for how long the accused dragged Shelja’s body under his car as she had injury marks on her elbow and hands,” he said.  During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he carried two knives and the police were not able to recover one of them, the DCP said. — TNS