A second man is being questioned after a British woman was found murdered on a houseboat in Indian-administered Kashmir, police have confirmed.
The son of the owner of the houseboat where Sarah Groves, 24, had been staying for up to two months is helping police with their inquiries, according to Sky sources.
Miss Groves, from Guernsey, was found in a pool of blood on the vessel at Srinagar's Dal Lake, a popular tourist destination.
A police officer at Dal Lake, a popular tourist destination Local police said the victim had multiple stab wounds all over her body and a knife was found next to her.
Earlier a Dutch national aged in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of murder. He is alleged to have smashed open the door of her room during the night.
The Dutchman was picked up as he tried to flee the valley with only his passport, senior police officer Abdul Ghani Mir said.
Miss Groves' body is being sent for medical examination to determine whether she was sexually assaulted before being killed.
Speaking to Sky News India correspondent Alex Rossi, Irfan Shoda confirmed his brother Samir was being questioned and described finding the victim's body in the early hours.
Onlookers gathered near the scene of the murder Superintendent Tahir Sajjad told AFP: "We walked into a pool of blood in her room. We found a sharp-edged knife close to her body. The young lady had multiple stab wounds."
The Dutchman was held at Qazigund, in south Kashmir's Anantag district, around 100km (62 miles) from the lake where Miss Groves' body was found.
He had allegedly fled in a small boat which capsized as he was trying to reach the shore, forcing him to swim.
Speaking near the murder scene, Deputy Inspector General of Police for central Kashmir Afadul Mujtaba said: "There is one houseboat over here in which there were two tourists living.
"She has been living here, an English tourist, and a Dutch tourist arrived two days ago, and now today in the morning the dead body of the female tourist has been found with incision wounds, sharp-edged weapon wounds."
The woman was killed in Indian-administered Kashmir The weeping owner of the Kashmir houseboat, named Hafeeza, said she was shocked by Miss Groves' murder.
She said: "She was very dear to me, she was just like my daughter."
The Foreign Office says it is in touch with local authorities and Miss Groves' family has been informed.
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