A 35-year-old woman was found murdered on Sunday night here. The woman who was selling liquor illegally from her home is believed to have been killed by a man enraged on being refused a bottle of liquor.
The deceased has been identified as Sushila Verma, resident of Veer Gabbar Singh Basti, near IT Park under Rajpur police station area.
The murder is believed to have taken place on Sunday night.
Police recovered the body and sent it for postmortem examination.
Mussoorie Circle Officer Jaya Baluni said that accused has been identified as Amit Chauhan and has been arrested.
Sources said that deceased’s husband had gone to Meerut for medical treatment and was living there for the last one month.
Sushila was allegedly selling liquor from her home but police were not aware of it.
On Sunday night, a driver named Amit Chauhan reached her home to buy a bottle of liquor. She told him that all the liquor had been sold and that she had no liquor left to sell. The driver refused to buy her position and demanded liquor several times.
Annoyed with her repeat refusal, Chauhan allegedly banged her against the wall. She became unconscious and later died from injury.
On seeing this, her child began crying and Chauhan escaped from the scene.
local residents assembled there and police were later informed about the murder.
Police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem examination.