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Husband Arrested in Death of Woman Found at Mussoorie Homestay

His July 11 arrest follows an FIR that was expanded to include dowry-death charges as investigators continue to seek a clear cause of death.

Overview

  • The 27-year-old, identified as P Radha Gayatri, was found dead in a homestay room near Mussoorie on June 15 and her father filed a complaint five days later alleging murder.
  • Police initially registered an FIR under murder sections and later added dowry-death provisions after the family raised harassment and dowry-related claims.
  • Investigators say the body was found on the room floor without clothes with bloodstains on the bedsheet and two empty liquor bottles present, but they have not publicly established a cause of death or modus operandi.
  • After a non-bailable warrant, Dehradun police arrested the husband in east Delhi and the Mussoorie court remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody on July 11.
  • The district administration ordered a magisterial inquiry and invited public submissions as the family urges detailed forensic testing and a review of financial and communication records from the days before her death.