London:

UK police on Saturday arrested a man after two suitcases believed to contain the remains of two men were dumped on a famous bridge.

The suitcases were discovered Wednesday after police got a report of a man behaving suspiciously on the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, southwest England.

“Detectives have arrested a man in connection with an investigation into the discovery of human remains on Clifton Suspension Bridge,” said Metropolitan Police.

The 24-year-old suspect was detained in Bristol and will be taken to London for questioning later on Saturday.

“Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident,” they said.

Metropolitan Police said the victims have not been formally identified, but both are believed to be men.

The London-based force took over the investigation after evidence suggested that the wanted man had travelled to Bristol from the UK capital earlier on Wednesday.

Clifton Suspension Bridge, designed by the pioneering engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is one of the oldest surviving suspension bridges in the world.

Opened in 1864, the bridge over the Avon Gorge is one of Bristol’s top tourist attractions and a symbol of the city.

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A 24-year-old man who had pleaded guilty to the murder of his 19-year-old Indian national wife Mehak Sharma has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 15 years before being considered for parole.

Sahil Sharma, also an Indian national, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of the murder of Mehak Sharma who was found with stab injuries at Ash Tree Way in Croydon, the couple’s residential address in south London, in October last year.

The Metropolitan Police said he was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on April 26, having pleaded guilty to the murder of Mehak Sharma at the same Court in February.

“This is a tragic case that has completely devastated a family. In killing his wife, Sharma has robbed her family of a loving daughter for reasons known only to himself,” said Detective Inspector (DI) Laura Semple from the Met Police’s Specialist Crime Command.

“While I am aware that nothing can bring Mehak Sharma back to them, I hope the sentencing will bring some closure to her loved ones,” she said.

Shortly after 1615 local time on October 29, 2023, Sahil Sharma dialled the emergency 999 number and told the police operator that he had killed his wife at their home on Ash Tree Way.

The Court heard how officers found Mehak Sharma unresponsive at the address.

Mehak Sharma had suffered catastrophic knife injuries to her neck and despite the efforts of medics at the scene, she was pronounced dead around 20 minutes later.

A post-mortem examination was conducted on October 31, 2023, and found the cause of Mehak Sharma’s death was a stab wound to the neck.

“Mehak was killed in her own home, a place where she should have felt the safest, and by the person who should have loved and protected her. My thoughts remain with her family and loved ones,” added DI Ms. Semple.

A victim impact statement was read out to the Court from Mehak Sharma’s mother, who said she feels broken after her daughter’s brutal killing.

“The one thing I want more than anything is to have my daughter back but this is impossible. No amount of prayers, money or support will bring her back to me. I am broken. Sahil hasn’t just murdered Mehak, I feel he has killed me as well,” read her statement.

Sahil Sharma was arrested at the scene and taken to hospital as he was suffering a “minor head injury”.

The Met Police said at the time of the murder that the victim was an Indian national who is thought to have arrived in the U.K. “relatively recently”.