KOLKATA: Police arrested the soldier who killed his Nepali girlfriend. Shreya Sharma (30), a native of Nepal and an employee of a dance bar in Siluguri, was murdered. Ramendu Upadhyay, a Lieutenant colonel who is married, was arrested in the incident. Ramendu Upadhyay and Shreya were in love. The soldier killed the woman after an argument broke out between them. This is what the police has to say about the incident.

The army officer was recently transferred to Dehradun. He met Shreya Sharma at a dance bar in Siliguri and rented a flat for her. Both of them used to meet regularly at this flat. Shreya asked the colonel to marry her, but he replied that they cannot get married.

Last Saturday, the duo met again at a bar and both were drunk. From here the colonel went for a drive with Shreya. When they reached a place away from the city where no one noticed, Shreya was killed by a blow on the head. Later, he left the body and escaped from the spot. The army officer was arrested after Shreya's body was recovered on Monday.

The police have recovered the weapon used in the murder and the clothes used at the time. The police informed that the army officer is married and he committed the crime when Shreya insisted on getting married.