Overview
- Uttarakhand Police traced the suspect to Delhi and captured him near New Delhi Railway Station as he allegedly tried to board a train to Mumbai.
- The accused has been identified as Deepak Bahadur, 38, a Nepalese national who had been living with the victims in a rented room.
- A foul smell reported on March 6 led police to the locked room in Rudraprayag, where the bodies of a 34-year-old woman and her nine-year-old daughter were found in a decomposed state.
- An FIR was registered on March 7 under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Kotwali Rudraprayag Police Station.
- Police said the accused told investigators he met the woman on social media and cited quarrels over her alleged involvement with another person; he has been handed to Uttarakhand Police as the investigation continues.