One arrested for air-hostess' murder

Chennai : Police today claimed to have solved the murder of a 25 year-old air hostess Nitish Kumari with the arrest of a 23 year-old unemployed 'mobile phone thief'.
Outgoing Commissioner of Chennai Police, K Radhakrishnan, told reporters here that Sheikh Ismail who sneaked into Kumari's apartment at J J Nagar to steal her mobile phone, strangulated her to death after she raised an alarm.
"The accused made a call from the mobile to his sister which helped us trace him. The fingerprints recovered from the murder site also matched with that of Ismail," he said after handing over the mantle to new City Commissioner T Rajendiran.
Ismail also stole Kumari's laptop and some cash besides the mobile phone, he said.
A native of Bihar, the decomposed body of Kumari, an air-hostess with Air India, was found under a cot at her apartment on May 23 after police broke open the doors on being informed that foul smell emanated.
28/05/09 Chennai Online

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