LUCKNOW, Aug. 10 -- A murder accused who allegedly killed his wife nearly two months ago in Silvassa, the capital city of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and concealed the body in a suitcase, was arrested from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh-over 1500 km away from the crime scene, said the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF).

Acting on a request from Silvassa Police, the UP STF nabbed Rishabh Kumar Singh of Nawada, Bihar, from the Manduadih area of Varanasi on Monday. Singh was wanted in a murder case registered at Silvassa police station after his wife's body, Chhoti Upadhyay, was recovered from a suitcase nearly two months after the alleged killing.

A senior STF official said the trail began on August 3, when Chhoti's d...