After shocking daylight murder of an officer in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasauli, the police has finally managed to arrest the accused hotelier from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district.

Vijay Singh, the hotel owner accused of killing Assistant Town and Country planner in Kasauli, was nabbed in a joint operation by the Delhi Police and the Himachal Police on Thursday. The police tracked him down to Vrindavan, where he was seen outside Banke Bihari Temple.

Singh had shot dead Shail Bala during a drive to seal unauthorised guests houses and hotels as per the directives issued by the Supreme Court.

According to reports, Singh told the cops that he had planned to kill the officer after she refused to accept the bribe in order to stop the sealing drive.

The Supreme Court on Thursday castigated the Himachal Pradesh government saying said it cannot "encourage" people who break the law, while observing that the "very unfortunate" killing of the officer was due to the "non-implementation" of law.

The Inter-State Cell of the Delhi Police was in touch with the Himachal Police, which shared inputs that led to them zeroing in on Singh's location. The Delhi Police officials, with the help of technical surveillance, located Singh in Mathura, wherein a team was sent on Wednesday to make the arrest.

Interestingly, the accused was seen borrowing phones from passers by to make calls to his relatives. "He was approaching bystanders and telling them his phone was stolen and making calls. His description was matched with the photographs and the arrest was made. He was handed over to the Himachal Police," said Rajesh Deo, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Inter-state-cell.

Vijay Singh, owner of Narayani Guest House owner fired rounds at Bala when she, along with her team, attempted to seal the unauthorized guest houses and hotels in Kasauli. A labourer was also shot at in the abdomen and his condition is stated to be critical.