Hyderabad: Hyderabad police arrested five persons after the murder of retired IPS officer Ray Vinay Ranjan’s wife Tanuja Ranjan at their residence in Hyderabad.

The police on Monday arrested four Nepalese in the case. Those arrested include the domestic worker, Dharma Tiruwa alias Kalpana, who had worked at the victim’s residence. The arrests were made following a five month long investigation spanning several States and the India-Nepal border.

Hyderabad CP VC Sajjanar announced the arrests at a press conference. A SIT, probing rising property offences committed by Nepali gangs across the three Police Commissionerates, arrested four accused near Nampally Railway Station.

Dharma alias Kalpana (26) is from Surkhet district in Nepal. Ganesh B.K. alias Ganesh Bishwakarma alias Dinesh Thapa (31), is a labourer who was residing in Pune; Chandra Bahadur Tamang alias Ranjeet Thapa alias Shanker Chandra Lama alias Kancha (44), a cook whose listed Indian address is in Gurugram, Haryana; and Ganesh Bahadur Shahi (37), a watchman who was residing in Pune.