Army Major detained from Meerut for his involvement in killing another Major's wife

NEW DELHI: An Indian Army Major Nikhil Handa has been detained from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh for his alleged involvement in the killing of another Army Major's wife in west Delhi yesterday, a senior officer said.An officer, privy to the probe, said that the accused has been detained and is being questioned.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The woman was found murdered with her throat slit in Delhi on Saturday
• The prime suspect is an Indian Army Major, who was a common friend of the couple
• The accused had allegedly run a car over her face in order to make the incident appear as an accident

The woman's body was found with her throat slit near the Brar Squarein the Delhi Cantonment area yesterday.Initially, the police was informed that a woman had died in an accident. Later, when they inspected the body, it was found that her throat was slit, they said.

The accused had allegedly run a car over her face in order to make the incident appear as an accident, police said.

The woman was dropped at the Army Base Hospital in her husband's official vehicle by a driver yesterday.Later, when he came back to pick her up, he could not find her and learnt that she did not attend her scheduled physiotherapy session.