Husband arrested for woman's death at Mussoorie homestay
A month after a woman on vacation from Delhi was found dead at a homestay in Dehradun on the Mussoorie-Dhanolti road, her husband has been
A month after a woman on vacation from Delhi was found dead at a homestay in Dehradun on the Mussoorie-Dhanolti road, her husband has been arrested in the national capital, police said on Saturday (July 12, 2026). The husband, an IT firm employee, was apprehended from the Madhu Vihar area of east Delhi after a non-bailable warrant was obtained from the court of the Judicial Magistrate, Mussoorie.
Dehradun Police said he was on Saturday (July 12) produced before the court, which sent him to judicial custody for 14 days. P. Radha Gayatri (27), also an IT employee living in Delhi, was found dead on the floor of the couple's room at the homestay on June 15. They were there to celebrate the husband's birthday. He told police at the time that they had some drinks and went to sleep around 3:30 a.m. on June 15.
In the morning, he said he woke up to find her dead. "The body was found lying on the floor without clothes, with bloodstains on the bedsheet. Two empty liquor bottles and food items were found in the room," reads the police statement. The deceased's father, P. Sudhakar, lodged a complaint demanding a probe into the circumstances leading to Gayatri's death. The family had expressed suspicion regarding the husband.
Subsequently, police registered a case against him and initiated an investigation. Police alleged that the investigation has suggested his involvement. A non-bailable warrant was obtained and he was arrested. Further probe is underway, they added. The couple got married on November 8, 2025, and both families originally belong to Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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