Overview
- Police identified the accused as 25-year-old Amit Nishad and said his arrest was recorded at PGIMER, Chandigarh, where he is hospitalized.
- Officers say the woman, 25, was seeking marriage during an ongoing divorce and allegedly injured Nishad’s genitals with a blade before he strangled her.
- Hotel staff found the victim semi-clad and unresponsive after the 12 pm–4 pm booking ended, and investigators recovered a blade from the room.
- CCTV footage and Aadhaar details submitted at reception were used to trace Nishad from a Sector 32 private clinic to CMCH Ludhiana and then to PGIMER.
- The body was sent for postmortem as police review hotel procedures, including the missing ID record for the woman and how the injured suspect left the premises.