The main accused in the cases of brutal murders of two women roommates in Munirka of south Delhi has been arrested and the missing head of one of the victims recovered, police said on Tuesday. Arjun Thapa, who was also the husband of one of the women, was arrested on December 18 from Agra, DCP (South) Ishwar Singh said. One of the bodies, wrapped in a polythene sheet, was found outside a temple in Vasant Vihar on November 18 while a headless body was found in a sewer in Munirka village on November 25.
The headless body was identified as that of Sushma Rai, a resident of Assam, while the other victim was her roommate Nayesha, a native of Nepal. Both of the victims were freelance beauticians. Arjun, who was in a live-in relationship with Mini Sangma, clandestinely married Rai at Kalkaji Mandir a day after Karwa Chauth.
He, along with his friends Jeevan and Govind, used to provide logistical and financial support to Sushma, Nayesha and many other similarly-placed people who came to Delhi for better economic prospects. After Arjun married Sushma, a jealous Mini instigated the trio and also put a condition before Arjun asking him to choose between her and Rai. A plan was hatched and Arjun murdered Rai on the intervening night of November 16 and 17, beheaded her and dumped the body in a sewer. After that the trio murdered Nayesha. While Jeevan and Mini Sangma were arrested on December 9.