Ghaziabad, Feb. 6 -- A 42-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for luring his ex-wife to take a trip with him and then allegedly murdering her in Haridwar, senior police officers said.

Police identified the suspect as Bhojpur resident Virendra Sharma, alias Sonu, while the deceased was identified as Madhu Sharma, 40, a resident of Modinagar. Investigators said he allegedly killed the woman to avoid paying her a monthly maintenance of Rs.6,000 and Rs.5 lakh lump-sum alimony as directed by a court.

Senior officers said the two got married in 2002 and separated two years later, after which the woman was living with her parents. They said suspect Sharma filed for divorce, and a court granted the divorce in 2014.

Later, the family of the ...