A 40-year-old man who was arrested by the Mumbai police for allegedly murdering an air hostess at her residence in Mumbai's Marol died by suicide in a police lock-up, the PTI reported.
The accused, Vikram Atwal, a housekeeping staffer, was arrested for killing the 23-year-old air hostess by slitting her throat inside her flat.
The air hostess, Rupal Ogrey, originally from Chhattisgarh, arrived in Mumbai in April this year for her job with Air India. She lived with her sister at the flat. However, when the incident happened, she was alone at the flat.
Vikram Atwal's body has been sent for post-mortem. Further investigations are underway.
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