Chandigarh, June 18 -- A 25-year-old man has been arrested for dumping the body of a woman in a secluded area near Khuda Lahora following her mysterious death at Sukhna Lake on June 14.

The accused, Suraj, a resident of the Bardana Market slum in Sector 26, had been on the run ever since and was apprehended after he confessed to a local social worker.

The victim, identified as Rabina, also lived in the same slum and was known to Suraj.

According to police, in his confession to social worker Mohamad Irshad, 58, a resident of EWS Colony, Dhanas, Suraj claimed that Rabina died after "being bitten by a snake" while they were walking near stair number 6 at Sukhna Lake.

However, police have ruled out the snakebite claim and are investigatin...