Ludhiana: A day after the death of hosiery trader Rahul Jain at a hotel in Bhadaur House here, the police have arrested a Non-resident Indian (NRI) Sandeep Singh in this connection. It is alleged that Sandeep injected some drug to Rahul, following which he died of suspected drug overdose.
According to the police, Sandeep and Rahul had met via social media for the first time on February 4. Besides Sandeep, the police also suspect involvement of another person in the case, who is seen with Sandeeep in the CCTV footage of the hotel.
Jyoti Jain of New Kitchlu Nagar, wife of the deceased, has stated that her husband had left the house on February 16, saying that he is going to pay his obeisance at Mata Chintpurni temple in Himachal Pradesh with his gym friends. But, on February 18, her nephew Vineet Jain informed her about the death of her husband in a hotel room.