Guwahati: An absconding railway official accused of murdering his wife was arrested in Guwahati, police said. The accused, identified as Rahul Singh, is a station master at Kendukona railway station near Rangia in Kamrup district. He was apprehended on Saturday, over a fortnight after his wife was found dead at their residence.“He was in disguise and working as a security guard in a building in Guwahati. He was brought to Rangia after his arrest,” police said.Singh was presented before a local court, which remanded him in police custody for four days.The Northeast Frontier Railway official allegedly stabbed his wife to death in front of their children on July 2 and fled, a police officer said. “The deceased has been identified as Anjali Singh. The two children told us that their father stabbed their mother,” he added.The forensic department and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) assisted the local police in the investigation. A few days after the murder, an audio clip purportedly sent by the victim to her relatives surfaced. Anjali is heard saying that her husband and mother-in-law were mentally and physically abusing her. She added that her husband threatened to kill her and that if anything were to happen to her, he should be held responsible.
