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The accused, Sunil Kumar, was taken into custody by Punjab Police with the help of native authorities from a village within the Dhanepur Police Station limits of Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh. Officers are actually within the strategy of bringing him again to Punjab on a transit remand, officers confirmed on Sunday.
In keeping with Inspector Aditya Sharma, who headed the Punjab Police group that carried out the arrest, Sunil hails from Khwajajot village in Shravasti. He had moved to Ludhiana in the hunt for work, the place he later met Radhika, a 20-year-old lady employed on the identical manufacturing facility.
Their acquaintance quickly developed right into a relationship, and the couple started dwelling collectively in a rented lodging in Ludhiana’s Fatehganj space round six months in the past. Nonetheless, the seemingly secure association took a darkish flip in early June.
“Sunil just lately found that Radhika had been married earlier than,” stated Inspector Sharma. “This revelation reportedly led to rising tensions between the 2.”
That pressure reached a tragic peak on the evening of June 8. What began as an argument turned violent, police say. Sunil allegedly sure Radhika’s arms and toes, strangled her to demise, and fled the scene shortly after.
The case got here to mild when Radhika’s brother, Rahul, filed a police criticism after studying of her demise. Authorities promptly registered an FIR primarily based on his assertion and launched a manhunt, which culminated in Sunil’s arrest days later.
(With PTI Inputs)
