Woman among 3 arrested for killing spouse

Panipat, July 6

The Sonepat police claimed to have solved a murder case of a 26-year-old man by arresting three persons, including the deceased’s wife.

Sandeep of district’s Guhna village was found dead in his fields on Sunday. The autopsy revealed that he was strangled.

The police booked a youth of Bhatgaon village and members of his family in connection with the murder. But during probe, it came to fore that the deceased’s wife, Nirmal, was behind the murder as she was reportedly in a relationship with one of the accused, Sandeep, alias Boda.

Subsequently, Nirmal was nabbed. During interrogation, she admitted to have asked Boda to kill her husband.

Boda was arrested on Sunday and he reportedly admitted to have killed Sandeep. He disclosed his friend Asha of Gohana was also involved.

Nirmal and Asha have been sent to judicial custody, while Boda remanded to a two-day police custody. — TNS