The 23-year-old man who had allegedly shot his ‘wife’, a struggling model, at her residence in South Delhi last week, has been arrested.
The accused, identified as Prince Tewatia, was nabbed from Rohini on Monday by a joint team of Special Staff, South-East district and police stations of Sunlight Colony and Ambedkar Nagar.
“He was also wanted in three cases of attempt to murder in South-East District and South District,” said DCP (South-East) Mandeep Singh Randhawa.
A .32 bore pistol with one cartridge and a car recovered, informed the DCP. Tewatia’s associate Jeetesh Pandey (24) has also been arrested. Young aspiring model Neha Sharma (21) was critically wounded when her ‘husband’ allegedly shot her in her home in Hari Nagar locality of Ashram area in South-East Delhi on Friday night. The victim is recuperating at AIIMS Trauma centre.
Neha, who was earlier based in Mumbai and has appeared in some reality shows during the period, was living with her parents and younger sister in Hari Nagar for the past four months.