New Delhi, December 17

A Delhi court today put an Army Major on trial for allegedly killing another officer’s wife he was obsessed with and destroying evidence in the case.

Special Judge Rakesh Syal framed the charges against Major Nikhil Handa under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence) after the accused pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.

The court has fixed the matter for January 19, when it will start recording the prosecution evidence.

In the chargesheet, the police had alleged it was a planned murder. It had claimed that a night before the incident, the accused had watched Youtube videos on how to kill someone, which indicates his intention to murder the woman. They claimed the accused was “obsessed” with his fellow officer’s wife and wanted to marry her.

Major Handa knew the women and her husband, also a Major, since 2015 when both of them were posted in Nagaland. If convicted for murder, he may get a maximum of death penalty. — PTI