The Nainital district police claims to have arrested the ITBP personnel who was on the run after killing his wife at the Haldwani Base Hospital on June 4.
The suspect, C Bhopan, a native of Tamil Nadu, was presently posted at the 14 battalion of ITBP at Pithoragarh as cook.
“Anticipating that the suspect might visit his posting place at ITBP Pithoragarh, the Nainital police was looking into this matter through physical surveillance. Finally, the suspect was arrested by our police team from the ITBP Pithoragarh unit when he had gone there to collect his belongings on Thursday, said Amit Srivastav, ASP, Nainital.
A team of police was sent to Pithoragarh on Wednesday night and finally he was arrested from the ITBP campus, the ASP further said, adding the suspect has now been brought here and further process is on in this case.
When asked about the reason that led the ITBP personnel to taking this extreme step, Srivastav informed that according to the suspect, his wife had some extra marital affairs that were bone contention between the couple resulting in murder of the wife of the ITBP personnel.
“The family members of the deceased have accused the ITBP personnel C Bopalan of killing their daughter at the Haldwani Base hospital for dowry. To verify these charges and further investigation into this case we are also sending a police team to Tamli Nadu, added the ASP.