Man on run after killing wife in Mumbai arrested in UP

A 35-year-old man, who was on the run after allegedly killing his wife in suburban Wadala, was Thursday arrested from Ghaziabad in Uttar Praedsh, police said.

The arrest was made by sleuths of Wadala Truck Terminal (WTT) police station.

"The accused, Fazhul Rahman Qureshi alias Kaptan Qureshi, had killed his wife Rita Jaiswar (32) by slitting her throat last Saturday over some domestic issue concerning money," a police official said.

The incident had taken place at Kamlanagar at Wadala East.

"After the murder, he fled from the area. However, police kept an eye on his movement by tracking the location of his mobile. They found that he was moving towards Delhi," Rajendra Sangle, senior inspector of WTT police station, said.

Police found that he had travelled via Surat, Vadodara and Meerut. Two teams were sent on his trail- one in railway and another in plane.

"Based on a specific information, police nabbed him in Ghaziabad, where he was staying at his relative's residence. He was brought to Mumbai and arrested for the murder of his wife," he said, adding that Qureshi was produced before a court, which remanded him in police custody.