Hyderabad, July 29: Hyderabad Police arrested a 23-year-old junior artiste today for the murder of the Mumbai model and actor Arzoo Ali in a city lodge four days back.
The model, also a call girl had come to the city from Bangalore on July 19. She had resisted the junior artiste and pimp Jangam Rajeshwaraiah alias Raju’s attempt to rape her on July 25 morning at Sindhuri Lodge at Ramagopalpet in Secunderabad.
The alleged killer had been escorting the Mumbai model to clients at various locations in the city over the week and was eyeing for sexual favour from her. However, the Mumbai girl had chided him on few occasions. On July 25 morning, after a client had left, Raju barged into her hotel room and tried to rape her to which she resisted, but she was strangulated with her ” dupatta “.
Raju, who had married a junior artiste, was arrested at Shaikpet today by the North Zone Task Force. The cell phone and Rs 7,000 which Raju had taken after murdering Arzoo Ali, a native of Murshidabad in West Bengal, was also recovered by the police, according to their release here.
–Agencies