Assam: Army officer arrested in connection with alleged murder of woman

An army officer Amarinder Singh Walia on Friday was arrested in connection with an alleged murder case of a woman.

Walia is Defence Public Relations Officer in Tezpur. It is headquarter 4 corp.

Walia, is posted as Defence PRO at 4 Corps of the Indian Army Mission Chariali in Tezpur.


A senior police officer told ET, "changsari police under Kamrup district detained the army official with the assistance of Tezpur police in a case related to the murder of a woman".

Police found woman’s body was found wrapped in a big plastic bag, dumped in Kamrup's Changsari.

The deceased woman has been identified as Bandana Shree.

Police said the woman was kidnapped and killed by unknown culprits in other place and dropped at the highway road side at Changsari market near Guwahati Food Express fast food shop.The body was sent to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital for post mortem.