Tezpur: A senior Army officer has been detained from Tezpur-based 4 Corps in Assam’s Sonitpur district in reference to a suspected homicide case, a police officer stated on Saturday. A group of Kamrup Police had picked up the officer on Friday night time, she added. Sonitpur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Madhurima Das stated the military officer of lieutenant colonel-rank was picked up in a case pertaining to restoration of a girl’s physique in Changsari beneath Kamrup district on February 15. The lady was later recognized as hailing from Tamil Nadu and additional investigation led police to the military officer, she stated.
“He was taken from the Army’s 4 Corps base in Mission Chariali area of Tezpur by Kamrup police last night,” the ASP added. Kamrup Superintendent of Police (SP) Hitesh Chandra Roy instructed PTI that the officer is being interrogated.
Without clarifying whether or not the suspect has been arrested or detained thus far, the SP stated, “Questioning is going on. In due course, he will be arrested depending on how the matter progresses.”
The physique of the 36-year-old lady was recovered inside a sack by the roadside, with police suspecting that she was killed and her physique dumped.
