Ghaziabad, July 31 -- The Ghaziabad police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old man who allegedly killed his former girl friend at his house in Sain Vihar on the intervening night of July 25-26 to usurp her jewellery, and later dumped her body in a nearby drain that falls under Crossings Republik police station.

Police received a call on the police control room (PCR) on Monday (July 28) about a body in the drain. The visiting team found that it was of a woman aged about 40. Her autopsy revealed four fractures in her skull, possibly inflicted by some hard, blunt object, said officers.

"Three teams were formed, and CCTVs of the entire area were scanned. Investigation revealed that a man carried the body on his scooter and dumped it in the ...