A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with the murder of a woman in Kolkata has been arrested near Anand Vihar ISBT in Delhi. The suspect, identified as Dharamvir Kumar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, was apprehended during a coordinated interstate operation carried out jointly by the Delhi Police and the West Bengal Police.
The case stems from the discovery of the victim's body inside her locked flat in Baranagar on November 10. The matter came to light after the woman's father alerted the Baranagar police when she stopped answering phone calls. Officers broke open the door to find her lying on a bed with a scarf tightly tied around her neck. She was rushed to a hospital, where medical staff declared her brought dead. A case was subsequently registered at the Baranagar police station on November 11.
According to investigators, Kumar had connected with the victim on an online gaming platform a few years ago. Over time, their interaction turned into a friendship, leading him to visit West Bengal to meet her in person. During his visit on November 10, the victim reportedly pressured him to marry her and relocate with her to Delhi, expressing that she did not wish to stay in West Bengal. Infuriated by her insistence, Kumar allegedly strangled her using her scarf before locking the apartment and fleeing the state.
Kumar reached Delhi on November 12 and concealed himself in Bawana's Sector 5, an area where he had previously resided and worked. Investigators tracked his whereabouts through technical surveillance, CCTV footage review, and ground inquiries, eventually intercepting him near a food court at Anand Vihar ISBT as he attempted to move to another hideout.
