India, June 7 -- The estranged husband of the 45-year-old Delhi University assistant professor who was murdered in her apartment in Vasundhara Enclave on earlier in the week joined the police investigation on Saturday evening, officers aware of the development said.

Police said the professor and her husband were entangled in a divorce dispute over the past four years.

"He said that he was earlier in Bengaluru and moved to Pune for work in 2024," said an officer, who did not wish to be named.

According to investigators, the man said he was in Pune at the time of the incident. "He said that his lawyer had communicated to the victim's lawyer in May and decided to divorce mutually," the officer cited above said.

The 45-year-old assistant ...