Her body was found near a government school in Delhi (Representative)
New Delhi:
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Swiss woman, whose body was found in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area on Friday, police said. The body of the woman, identified as Lena Berger, was found near a government school on Friday morning – half covered with a black plastic bag for waste disposal.
Police have arrested a person named Gurpreet Singh in the case.
According to police sources, the suspect met the woman in Switzerland after which they both became friends.
Gurpreet, who often went to Switzerland to visit Berger, suspected she was in a relationship with another man, police sources said.
According to Delhi Police sources, Gurpreet then made a plan to kill Berger and asked her to visit India.
At Gurpreet’s request, Berger landed in India on October 11.
Five days later, Gurpreet took the victim to a room, tied her hands and legs and killed her. He initially kept Berger’s body in a car he bought with a woman’s ID. However, when a foul smell came from the car, he threw her body on the road and fled from the spot.
Delhi Police reportedly tracked down Gurpreet after obtaining the vehicle’s registration number using CCTV footage. They seized the car in which the body was kept and another four-wheeler belonging to Gurpreet.
They also recovered Rs 2.25 crore from Gurpreet’s house.
