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| Arrest over charity worker murder | Arrest over charity worker murder |
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| Police in northern India have arrested a local man in connection with the murder of Swansea University graduate Michael Blakey. | Police in northern India have arrested a local man in connection with the murder of Swansea University graduate Michael Blakey. |
| Officers are questioning the husband of a British colleague of Mr Blakey, who was 23 and from Burnley, Lancashire. | Officers are questioning the husband of a British colleague of Mr Blakey, who was 23 and from Burnley, Lancashire. |
| The charity worker's body was found last month in Dharamsala three days after he was last seen by friends | The charity worker's body was found last month in Dharamsala three days after he was last seen by friends |
| Police in India are questioning Pawan Bharadwaj, 28, husband of Rachel Owen, who had worked with Mr Blakey. | |
| Mr Blakey's body was found partially hidden under a mound of stones in Dharamsala last month. | Mr Blakey's body was found partially hidden under a mound of stones in Dharamsala last month. |
| His funeral is expected to take place in his home town this week. | His funeral is expected to take place in his home town this week. |
| Mr Blakey had been in India for five months working with the Tong-Len Charitable Trust helping refugees. Colleagues there said they feared he suffered a 'brutal attack'. | Mr Blakey had been in India for five months working with the Tong-Len Charitable Trust helping refugees. Colleagues there said they feared he suffered a 'brutal attack'. |
| His body was discovered with head and face injuries in a gully close to a church where he had been a member, three days after he was last seen on the 25 November. | His body was discovered with head and face injuries in a gully close to a church where he had been a member, three days after he was last seen on the 25 November. |
| 'Heartbreaking' | 'Heartbreaking' |
| Police had said last week they were questioning several people in connection with the murder but the latest arrest was confirmed over the weekend. | Police had said last week they were questioning several people in connection with the murder but the latest arrest was confirmed over the weekend. |
| A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a man has beendetained in connection with the investigation into the death of Michael Blakey. | |
| "He was detained late on Sunday evening. Local police are treating this as amurder inquiry." | |
| Around 700 people held a day of prayer in his memory last Friday, in line with Hindu tradition. | |
| The death of the first-class honours graduate in development studies has shocked his friends in south Wales, where he was well-known for his charity work with the Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Group and his work supporting international students. | The death of the first-class honours graduate in development studies has shocked his friends in south Wales, where he was well-known for his charity work with the Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Group and his work supporting international students. |
| Mr Blakey was also an active member of the methodist church at the university, whose chaplain, the Reverend Richard Hall, said the death was "heartbreaking". | Mr Blakey was also an active member of the methodist church at the university, whose chaplain, the Reverend Richard Hall, said the death was "heartbreaking". |
| Dharamsala lies at the foot of the Himalayas and is the long-term home of the Dalai Lama and is the centre of India's large Tibetan community. | Dharamsala lies at the foot of the Himalayas and is the long-term home of the Dalai Lama and is the centre of India's large Tibetan community. |