Panaji: A Goa court on Tuesday remanded Rajkumar Singh, accused of murdering 39-year-old perfume specialist Monica Ghurde, in seven days police custody. Rajkumar Singh who is from Punjab, was arrested in Bengaluru, and brought to Goa on transit remand last night.
"The accused was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mapusa, who remanded him in seven days police custody," police inspector Rajesh Kumar told Press Trust of India.
Mr Singh, originally a native of Bhatinda in Punjab, became the main suspect after he withdrew cash from an ATM machine in Porvorim, just 5 km from the scene of the crime, on the morning of October 6.
Her body was recovered on October 6, but investigation revealed she was killed a day earlier.
The accused was a security guard and had worked in a building complex where Ms Ghurde stayed earlier.
Ms Ghurde had done her photography course from Mumbai's JJ Institute of Applied Arts. She moved to Chennai in 2009 to pursue her interest in perfumes, and shifted to Goa in 2011. She had set up a perfume-making company, Mo Lab.
"The accused was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mapusa, who remanded him in seven days police custody," police inspector Rajesh Kumar told Press Trust of India.
Mr Singh, originally a native of Bhatinda in Punjab, became the main suspect after he withdrew cash from an ATM machine in Porvorim, just 5 km from the scene of the crime, on the morning of October 6.
Her body was recovered on October 6, but investigation revealed she was killed a day earlier.
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The accused was a security guard and had worked in a building complex where Ms Ghurde stayed earlier.
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Ms Ghurde had done her photography course from Mumbai's JJ Institute of Applied Arts. She moved to Chennai in 2009 to pursue her interest in perfumes, and shifted to Goa in 2011. She had set up a perfume-making company, Mo Lab.
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