Sanjay Sharma has been charged with the murder of his airhostess wife Razi Singh in Austria in 1997. According to the FIR registered at the Kashmere Gate Police Station, Sharma was being escorted by two policemen from the Patiala House Courts to ISBT, on the evening of March 20, when the incident took place. He had been brought to the court for a hearing in an Arms Act case. They were supposed to board another bus for Rohtak from ISBT.

Around 4.30 pm, near ISBT, the signal changed to red and the bus came to a halt. Sharma jumped out of the bus and got into a Maruti car which had been trailing them since they left the courts.

According to K K Gaur, additional SHO, Kashmere Gate: ``We are investigating the case. Only after the initial investigations are over will we able to say whether the policemen escorting himwere to blame or not.''

Razi Singh had married Sharma without knowing that he was already married to a US citizen and had a son. When she found out, she left him and returned to her parents' house. He, however, managed to convince her to come to Austria with him and after a few days, he returned alone and informed her parents that she had died of electrocution in Austria. Razi's parents got suspicious and lodged a complaint against him.

The case was later transferred to the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI). As part of their investigations, the CBI sent a team to Austria and found evidence to suggest that there had been foul play.

Razi's relatives had also lodged complaints at the Badarpur Police Station, Sarai Khwaja Police Station and with the CBI that two men had threatened them and asked them to withdraw the case.