'In black & white': Army officer's wife Shailja's last Facebook post before she was brutally murdered
Shailja Dwivedi
Shailja's Facebook post attracted wide attention on social media with several people leaving messages of her shocking death.
Shailja Dwivedi, 35, the wife of the Army Major had written a chilling Facebook post a day before she was brutally murdered by another Major in the capital.
In the post she said: "Even when your life is full of colour, you still need to be reminded that things come in black and white." She ended the message with smilies.
Delhi Police finally caught the accusedNikhil Rai Handa from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh after launching a manhunt over two days.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Vijay Kumar said, "To make it look like an accident, Handa then ran over his car on Shailja. Handa had an obsession with Shailja and was pressurising her to marry him."
Shailja's Facebook post attracted wide attention on social media with several people leaving messages of her shocking death.
Handa had reportedly ran the car over Shailja after slitting her throat in an attempt to show it as an accident. He was however caught by police later after reports emerged about his stalking of Shailja earlier.
The police gathered CCTV footage of the car in which Shailja and Handa were last seen talking to each other. She had gone to the Army hospital for a physiotherapy session when Handa caught up with her. After she was brutually murdered, Handa fled to Meerut. Shaija's body was discovered by a passerby who informed the police.
After a plemininary investigation, the police discovered large number of calls made by Handa.