25-year-old man arrested for killing 18-year-old girl in Chandigarh

Police said that Mamta was strangled to death at her house when she was alone on Saturday. Police have not ruled out the possibility of rape at this moment. She was found dead by her mother, Champa Devi, who returned from work around 2 pm Saturday.

Shariq is married. His wife lives in Bihar. Police said that the accused was planning to escape to Bihar when he was nabbed from a local bus stop.

Police said earlier Shariq and Mamta were in a relationship but later Mamta started maintaining distance from him and also blocked him on her phone. Sources said that the two were neighbours and later Shariq shifted to another locality at Burail village.

“Accused Mohammed Shariq was remanded in police custody for his custodial interrogation. We have found a CCTV camera footage showing accused entering the house of victim Mamta. According to the footage, he came out from the house after one and a half hours. Victim Mamta and her mother, Champa, were aware of the married status of the accused. The postmortem of the body is underway,” a police officer said. A case under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC was registered at Sector 34 police station.

A police officer said the preliminary investigation indicates the murder was the result of a strained relationship between the victim and the accused. The officer added the victim was distancing from the accused after she came to know that he was married which did not go well with the accused.