Guwahati: A defence public relations officer (PRO) has been arrested from Central Assam’s Tezpur for his alleged involvement in the murder of a woman from Tamil Nadu.
Assam police arrested Defense PRO Lt Col AS Walia from Tezpur on Friday in connection with the woman’s murder.
Walia, who hails from Haryana, is posted as the Defense PRO at 4 Corps of the Indian Army at Mission Chariali in Tezpur.
The body of the woman was found on National Highway 31 at Changchari, on the outskirts of Guwahati, on February 15.
The deceased, identified as Bandya Sri, who hailed from Tamil Nadu, had been in the cantonment of 4 Corps of the Indian Army at Mission Chariali in Tezpur for the last few months, said a police official.
The woman had come to Guwahati from Tezpur to send her son to Howrah by train. The Army officer was arrested based on a pendant the woman was wearing.
The pendant was purchased in the name of Lt. Col. AS Walia from a shop located on the premises of a temple in Tamil Nadu.
