India, June 4 -- Police on Tuesday arrested the man accused of kidnapping and killing a 22-year-old differently abled woman, after a brief exchange of fire in Kalindi Kunj.

The accused is a resident of Madanpur Khadar Extension, deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Ravi Kumar Singh said.

Police were yet to ascertain the motive behind the crime.

On Sunday night, a woman was found missing from the terrace of her single-storey house, where she was sleeping with her parents, at around 1am. A few hours later, she was found dead in an abandoned slum dwelling a few metres away from the house. After questioning, police identified the suspect who was found absconding.

DCP Singh said that an information was received regarding the suspect's...