New Delhi, July 12 -- British police on Saturday said that a 28-year-old man has been arrested in South Yorkshire on suspicion of murdering former British government minister Ann Widdecombe.

The suspect is a white British national and is now in police custody, the statement said.

The police said there was no information to suggest the murder of the 78-year-old was related to terrorism or had a political motive.

Widdecombe was found dead at her isolated rural home in the village of Haytor on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, on Thursday. Concerns were raised for her after she failed to appear for a scheduled TV interview on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the police, the former lawmaker died on Wednesday, a day before ambulance wor...