Hotelier who shot woman officer in demolition drive arrested

Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh), May 4: Even as illegal constructions in hotels and resorts in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli area continued to be razed on Thursday, a hotelier accused of fatally shooting a woman officer two days ago was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

Head also started rolling with the state government late in the evening transferred district's top police official.

On May 1, Assistant Town Planner Shaila Bala Sharma was shot dead by Narayani Guest House owner Vijay Singh during the Supreme Court-ordered demolition drive.

In a joint operation, a state police team, which was coordinating with Delhi Police, arrested him from Mathura town.