The Balanagar Special Operation Team (SOT) and Bachupally police at a press conference in Hyderabad on Friday.

The Cyberabad police have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a large travel bag and abandoned in a secluded corner of Bachupally earlier this week.

The accused, identified as Vijay Toppa alias Wilson, was picked up from Bowrampet by the Balanagar Special Operation Team (SOT) and Bachupally police on Thursday evening. He later confessed to killing the victim, 33-year-old Tara Bohra, during an argument over her pregnancy.

The case came to light on the morning of 4 June when a local watchman discovered the bag in Vijaya Durga Owners Association Colony. Upon inspection, police found the woman’s body inside. A murder case was booked by the Bachupally police.

Investigators said both the victim and the accused were Nepalese nationals who had met on Facebook and developed a relationship. Tara, a married woman with two children, arrived in Hyderabad on April 15 and began living with Vijay in a rented room in Indiramma Colony, Bowrampet. Vijay was working as a chef at a local fast food stall.

According to the police, at around 5 a.m. on May 23, a heated argument broke out between the two. In a fit of rage, Vijay strangled Tara using a nylon bag string, stuffed her body into a travel bag, and later dumped it in the colony where it was found days later.

Based on CCTV footage and technical evidence, five special teams launched a manhunt. Their efforts led to Vijay’s arrest from Bowrampet.

Police have seized both the victim’s and the accused’s mobile phones, the travel bag used to transport the body, and the nylon thread used to commit the murder. Vijay is being produced before the court for a judicial remand.