Woman murdered in park near Chandigarh police headquarters, husband arrested
After a woman's body was recovered from a park in Sector 10, Chandigarh, the police have arrested her husband.
A woman was murdered late Thursday night in a park in Sector 10 near the Chandigarh police headquarters and the Punjab Governor's office by being hit with a stone. Taking action, the police have taken the deceased woman's husband into custody.
The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old Shikha, a resident of Sector 15. According to the police, her identity was verified through a tattoo reading 'Shikha UP' on her hand and a scooter key recovered from her clothes. On Friday at around ten in the morning, a ragpicker saw the body lying inside the park and informed the police control room.
Following information about the incident, SP City Vijay Kumar, SHO of Police Station Sector 3, and forensic experts inspected the crime scene. During the investigation, the police also recovered the stone used in the crime, which the accused had hidden under a large rock a short distance from the crime scene.
According to the police, the accused husband Robin is a resident of Janta Colony in Nayagaon, Mohali. The police stated that a domestic dispute was ongoing between the two, and Shikha had been living separately with her mother for the past few months.
According police records, a case was registered against Robin in September on charges of attacking his mother-in-law, and he had recently been released on bail from Burail Jail. Nothing has yet been proved in court.
Key developments
- Woman's body recovered from Sector 10 park on Friday morning.
- Identified as Shikha with the help of a tattoo on her hand and a scooter key.
- Chandigarh police arrested husband Robin, a resident of Nayagaon.
- Accused had previously been to jail in a mother-in-law assault case and recently came out on bail.
