Udhagamandalam: Police arrested a special sub-inspector (SSI) attached to the Q-branch (CID) in connection with a murder case in Ooty on Friday.
According to the special branch police, Magi, 53, a resident of Pudhu Nagar in Kandal, was brought dead and handed over to her family on Friday by special sub-inspector N Mustafa.
He told the family members that Magi died of a heart attack.
But injuries on her face and neck prompted the victim’s family to lodge a complaint with police.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Mustafa and Magi were in a relationship.
On interrogation, Mustafa confessed that he had murdered Magi in a fit of rage following a heated argument between them.
Police registered a case under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC and arrested Mustafa.The body was sent to the Ooty Government College and Hospital for post-mortem.