India, May 6 -- A 28-year-old man was caught transporting the body of his murdered wife in a sack on a motorcycle by a night patrol team from the Sinhagad Road police station in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

The accused, identified as Rakeshkumar Ramnaik Nishad, has been arrested for allegedly strangling his wife, Babita, to death and later trying to destroy the evidence.

The incident occurred around 1.30 am on May 6 within the jurisdiction of Sinhagad Road police station. Police are probing the motive behind the murder, focusing on possible family disputes and examining the accused's call detail records.

An alert police constable, Dnyaneshwar Baban Akhade, who was on night patrol duty from May 5 to 6, spotted a man riding a...