Woman and her paramour beats husband to death in Muzaffarnagar

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Muzaffarnagar: A woman, her lover and two others have been arrested for allegedly beating her husband to death in the district's Khedi Kemru village. Police said on Monday that the body of the deceased, identified as Harish alias Sonu (31), was found in a drain on May 15, they said.

Earlier Harish's mother had registered a complaint with the police alleging his brother-in-law, Shivam, and another relative, Mohit, for the murder. And based on a complaint, police arrested them.

Harish's wife, Shivani, had also been named in the complaint. However, police found out that Shivani was in a relationship with another man, Shibbu, and Harish objected to it, following which they decided to eliminate him.

Station house officer, Kotwali police station, Subhash Rathore said that as part of Shivani's plan to kill her husband, Shibbu roped in two others -- Himanshu and Lakhmir, to execute the plan.

Shivani has confessed to the crime, he added. Police have given a clean chit to Shivam and Mohit.

In another case, a son allegedly paid Rs 10 lakh to two people and getting his father killed in Gujarat's Surat district. The alleged incident ocurred on Saturday, said the police.

According to the police, the accused identified as Jitesh Patel was upset with his father Prahlad Patel (70) for the last eight months for taking away business responsibilities. Due to this, the accused decided to kill his father and inherit a plastic granule factory and a power loom unit.

The police claimed that where Prahlad Patel was killed in the factory premises and his body buried there on May 14 by two persons hired by Jitesh.

"Jitesh contacted accused Salim Sheikh, a flour mill worker, and offered him Rs 10 lakh to get Prahlad killed. Salim then contacted Sanjay Tukaram Ramrajya," an official said.

"The three called Prahlad for a business meeting at the factory premises on May 14. They murdered and buried him there. On May 15, Jitesh filed a missing person complaint about his father with the Pandesara police station," he said.

When Crime Branch officials probing the case scoured CCTV footage of the area where Jitesh claimed he had dropped his father before he went missing, they saw the 70-year-old walking towards Krunal Estate.

"When cops reached Krunal Estate, they found accused Sanjay Ramrajya. On being questioned, he disclosed the role of Sheikh and Jitesh," an official said. Before Salim hit the deceased on his head from behind, Jitesh walked out with his father's mobile phone which he set ablaze at another location, he added.

(With inputs from PTI)

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