Police Arrest Third Suspect In Murder of Ex-Union Minister's Wife

Robbed ornaments worth over Rs 50 lakh was also recovered from the possession of the person accused in the murder of P Rangaraja Kumaramangalam's wife, officials said.

The police have arrested the third accused in the killing of Kitty Kumaramangalam, the wife of late Union minister P Rangaraja Kumaramangalam, officials said on Monday. Robbed ornaments worth over Rs 50 lakh has also been recovered from the possession of the accused who was arrested from Madhya Pradesh, officials said. The late Union minister's wife was smothered to death allegedly by Suraj along with two others on the night of July 6 during an attempted robbery at her home in southwest Delhi's Vasant Vihar. A driver by profession, Suraj, a resident of Mahipalpur, had been on the run since the day of the incident.