IRS officer's daughter murder: Accused arrested from Delhi's Dwarka

The victim, an IIT graduate who had been preparing for the civil services examination, was found by her parents when they returned from the gym at around 8 am on Wednesday. Her father is a civil servant; her mother, a dentist. Her brother, 25, lives and works in Maharashtra's Mumbai.

Police arrested a 23-year-old former household employee, identified as Rahul Meena, who allegedly strangled the victim with a mobile charger cable. The arrest was made from a Dwarka hotel within hours of the crime.

According to police sources quoted in an ANI report, the accused has told the investigators in the case that he had gone to the house “just to ask for money”. He also allegedly said that the rape and murder “just happened”.