Police Crack Woman Congress Worker's Murder, Man Arrested

The ADGP said the accused befriended the victim around one-and-half years ago and had been visiting her Rohtak home regularly

- Sunil Rahar

ROHTAK: The Rohtak police on Monday cracked the murder of Himani Narwal, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase near the Sampla bus stand on the Rohtak-Delhi highway, with the arrest of a man who had befriended the 22-year-old Congress worker around one-and-half years ago.

According to police, the accused, identified as Sachin Kumar alias Dhillu, strangled Himani to death with the wire of a mobile phone charger following an altercation.

Sachin, 30, a resident of Khairpur village in Jhajjar, was arrested following an investigation led by a special investigation team (SIT), police said. The accused, who is married and has two children, owns a mobile repair shop at Kanonda village in Jhajjar. He was produced before a local court on Monday which granted a three-day police remand for further investigation.

On Sunday, Rohtak superintendent of police (SP) Narendra Bijarniya had formed a three-member SIT to probe the case.

Himani Narwal's body was discovered on March 1.