India, Feb. 13 -- Two days after a woman's semi-burnt body was found stuffed inside a suitcase on the outskirts of Bathinda, the district police on Friday arrested her friend, Prince Kumar, for the murder.

The victim, identified as Sapna alias Malika, a native of Baghapurana in Moga district, had been residing in Bathinda. The accused, a 35-year-old unemployed man reportedly struggling with substance abuse, allegedly stabbed her to death in the early hours of February 9 at his house in the Surkhpeer area.

Bathinda senior superintendent of police (SSP) Jyoti Yadav Bains termed the incident a "crime of passion."

According to the police, Prince kept the body at his house for two days and attempted to burn the corpse before stuffing it int...