A manager of a private life insurance company has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly killing a female colleague with whom he had an extra-marital affair, an official said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Navin Kumar (30), a manager in the Rohini Branch of HDFC life Insurance company, called the victim on March 2 to resolve some issues and murdered her. The 28-year-old woman, a business development executive in the same branch, used to live with her parents in Rohini area.
According to police, two persons, who were driving past Kanjhawla Road in the wee hours of March 3, saw the accused allegedly dragging a woman out of his car and then hitting her head on the pavement.
They dialled 100 but by the time police could reach, he fled the scene with the victim.The duo chased the car and found that the man had admitted the woman to Jaipur Golden Hospital and fled, an information which they later gave to the police.
The hospital authorities told police that the woman was alive and the man who brought her to the hospital had disappeared, claiming that she met with an accident. Subsequently, the victim was referred to another hospital.
Police then registered a case of attempt to murder and formed a team to nab the accused. Around two days later, the woman succumbed to injuries in the hospital.
Based on local and technical inputs, the police zeroed in on Navin Kumar and arrested him from Mongolpuri area on Monday for murder.