Overview
- The victim, Sushila Negi, was found with her throat slit at her Sector 40-D home after neighbours reported screams around 7 am on Diwali.
- An FIR for murder under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered at Sector 39, and CFSL experts recovered a knife and forensic samples.
- A joint operation by the Chandigarh Crime Branch and Sonipat police led to the suspect’s arrest in Haryana within roughly five hours.
- Neighbour accounts and nearby CCTV footage indicating the accused fleeing the house are central to the case evidence.
- Police say the Panjab University employee has no prior criminal record and is in judicial custody at Model Jail, Burail, while the motive remains unconfirmed.