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Kasauli murder: Slain Himachal officer Shail Bala refused bribe; updates

Vijay Singh, the man accused of killing Assistant Town Planner Shail Bala Sharma as she was leading a demolition drive in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli, has been nabbed

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Assistant Town Planner Shail Bala Sharma shot dead in Kasauli (HP) case: The accused (man sitting) has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. Photo: ANI

BS Web Team New Delhi
The police on Thursday arrested Vijay Singh, accused of killing Assistant Town Planner Shail Bala Sharma as she was leading a demolition drive in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli, from Mathura. Reportedly, subsequent to his arrest, Singh told the police that he killed Sharma because she refused to settle for a bribe. 

Singh had on Tuesday allegedly fired on and killed Sharma, who, leading a Supreme Court-mandated demolition drive against illegal constructions, had reached Narayani Guest House, owned by Singh's family. Himachal Pradesh authorities received much flak and were even pulled up by the apex court over the incident. Singh fled after