Delhi Police revealed on Sunday that Major Nikhil Handa who was arrested from Meerut for the alleged murder of his collegue Major Amit Dwivedi's wife Shailza Dwivedi has confessed that he killed her after she refused to continue her extra marital affair with him. He planned her murder in the morning and killed her in the afternoon near Delhi Cantonment metro station on Saturday.

Shailza was a Mrs India Earth finalist. "She had an extramarital affair with Major Nikhil Handa. Both her husband and lover were posted in Nagaland's Dimapur city but two months ago, Major Amit Dwivedi was transferred to Delhi," police said.

"Major Amit Dwivedi was aware of their affair and had warned the duo to end the relationship. Shailza tried to call off the relationship after she was caught doing obscene video calling. She then stopped talking to him and shifted to Delhi with her husband," an official close to the investigation said.

After shifting to Delhi, Shailza started visiting Army Base Hospital in Delhi Cantonment. Major Handa was also aware about her treatment. Few days ago, he too came to Delhi with an excuse of getting himself treated at the Army hospital. He also brought his son for the treatment.

On Saturday, he called her for a meeting. Police has not ruled out the possibility of blackmail. An official vehicle assigned to the Army Major dropped her to the hospital. However, when the vehicle went to pick her, the driver was told that major's wife didn't come for physiotherapy. At around 1:30 pm, her body was found near Delhi Cantonment metro station.

"Major Handa had slit her throat inside the car and thrown the body near the metro station. To make the killing look an accident, he ran over her four times and fled. He went to his house in Saket and tried to wash the car. He was keeping a tab on the news channels and after the news broke about the recovery of the body, he switched off his cell phone and fled to Meerut," a senior official close to the investigation said.

DCP Vijay Kumar said, "After switching on the mobile, he used WhatsApp calling. He was tracked by the team and it was learnt that he was moving towards Meerut. The Army base was his hide-out as he was posted there for three years. He was arrested from there."

Major Handa had two knives out of which one has been recovered. His car has also been confiscated. "He was obsessed with her and wanted to marry her," Kumar said.

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