The owner of a security agency here has been arrested for murdering a woman with whom he was having an extra-marital affair, police said on Thursday.
Accused Dharmender Sirohi, 40, was arrested on Wednesday night from Saket.
He killed Mamta on suspicion she was cheating on him, police said.
The crime came to light after a case was lodged on April 9 by Faridabad police in Haryana. Delhi Police Special Staff in south district was informed since the woman's matrimonial home is in Mehrauli.
Sirohi, a resident of Sunlight Colony in Mehrauli area, was running his security agency since 2004 in Chattarpur.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Chinmoy Biswal said Sirohi hatched a plan on April 8 to kill her and took her to Agra from her residence in Faridabad on the pretext of taking a joyride in his car.
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"They consumed liquor on the way and once she was inebriated, he stopped his car near a tunnel and slit her throat with a knife. He threw the body in the tunnel and drove back to Delhi," Biswal added.
Agra police found the body and registered a case of murder.
--IANS
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