Source: Hueiyen News Service / Agencies
New Delhi, October 26 2009:
A PhD scholar of IIT Delhi has been arrested in connection with the alleged attempted rape and murder of a Naga girl, police said today.
Pushpam Kumar Sinha (34), a PhD scholar at IIT, Delhi, and staying in a first floor rented apartment at Munirka in South Delhi, was arrested for allegedly trying to rape 19-year-old Ramchanphy Hongray and later killing her, they said adding that the incident happened yesterday.
Police said Sinha, hailing from Patna in Bihar, tried to sexually assault the girl, who was also staying in a second floor apartment of the same building.
When the girl resisted his advances, Sinha strangled her and later burnt her using the gas stove.
Hongray's body was found in Vasant Vihar area here yesterday by her neighbours who alerted police.
A case has been registered in connection with the crime, police said.