Woman, paramour arrested for murder

New Delhi, October 20 

A woman and her male friend were arrested in East Patel Nagar area for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill her husband and portray his death as an accident as they thought him to be an “obstacle” in their relationship, the police said on Sunday. 

Anita, 30, and Arjun Mandal, 38, were arrested recently in connection with the killing, they said. The body of 42-year-old Dayaram with grievous injuries on his head and other parts was found lying in the shaft of a lift of an under construction building in central Delhi’s East Patel Nagar area on October 17, the police said. 

According to the police, Mandal and Dayaram, who were labourers, knew each other and the duo had worked together. He started coming to his house and eventually developed intimacy with his wife around three years ago. 

“The duo considered Dayaram as an obstacle in their relationship and planned his murder to portray it as an accidental death,” the police said. — PTI