Shimla, Apr 3 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly murdering a Buddhist woman nun in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, police said on Friday.
The accused – Gagan Sharma (23), Vishal (23), and Gaurav Sharma (20), all residents of Mandi – were arrested on Thursday night, police said.
According to police, the 78-year-old Buddhist nun, Orje Shoki, was found murdered in a cave near Sarkidhar village, following which a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted to apprehend the accused.
Mandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinod Kumar said that during the investigation, more than 50 suspects were questioned, and DNA samples were also collected from several suspects.
After a thorough investigation, the accused were arrested from different locations on Thursday night, he said.
Kumar said that all the accused are drug addicts, and they committed the crime with the intention of robbing the victim in order to buy drugs.
Efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining two accused involved in the case. They will be put behind bars soon, the SP said.
