"A contraband substance covered in a polythene bag, discovered as brown sugar weighing about 748 gms (worth 1.5 crore rupees) was recovered from his possession during the search," said police.
The victim was identified as 17-year-old Yash, alias Krish. His body was recovered from the Bairagi Camp area under the Kankhal Police Station on January 1.
"Based on the intelligence of suspected smuggling of cigarettes through the Air Cargo route, an import consignment at the Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai, was intercepted on December 29 by the officers of DRI," said the release.
As per the police, the incident happened after the accused, identified as Chayank Seelalan, was asked by the police to show the document of his motorcycle, which the accused refused.
Around 9:00 am on Wednesday, the victim was alone at home with her grandmother due to some work. At the time of the incident, the victim was cleaning her house when the neighbouring photographer Ashish Rajoria alias Harsh entered her house from the back door of the house and started pressuri
The Chhattarpur police in Madhya Pradesh with the assistance of Interpol arrested the accused for issuing a death threat via mail to Bageshwar Dham Chief Dhirendra Shastri, the police said on Sunday.