Guwahati, Feb 25: Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO) Lt Col Amarinder Singh Walia was arrested on Friday in connection with a case related to murder of a woman.
He was arrested from Assam’s Tezpur district where he has been serving as a Defence Public Relation Officer.
Walia, who hails from Haryana, is posted as Defence PRO at 4 Corps of the Indian Army Mission Chariali in Tezpur.
According to reports, Changsari police under Kamrup district detained the army official with the assistance of Tezpur police in a case related to the murder of a woman.
Amarinder Singh was taken into custody from the Tezpur Army Battalion’s 4th Corps Headquarters.
According to police, the 35-year old woman’s body was found wrapped in a big plastic bag, dumped in Kamrup’s Changsari on February 15 near National Highway 31.
The deceased woman has been identified as Bandana Shree, who had gone to visit Banaras, came to Guwahati from Delhi on February 14 to allegedly meet Walia.
Police said the woman was kidnapped and killed by unknown culprits in another place and dropped at the highway road side at Changsari market near Guwahati Food Express fast food shop.
Meanwhile, the body has been sent to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital for post mortem.
“We have arrested Amarinder Singh Walia and started interrogation. Our investigation is at a preliminary stage and we cannot reveal much on this case,” said a police official.
