Shiv Sena leader's wife plots his murder to stop him from leaving for his lover

Angry about her husband Shailesh Nimse's affair and worried that he was going to leave her, Sakshi ordered a hit on him. She gave the supari to the shopkeeper, Pramod Lute, and two of his accomplices

Afraid that her husband - Shiv Sena official Shailesh Nimse, 43 - was going to leave her and their children for his mistress, she made sure that he kept the vow 'till death do us part'. Five days after the partially burnt body of Shailesh was found in Shahpur, the Thane rural police arrested his wife Sakshi, 36, for plotting his murder with a local shopkeeper.

Around 1.30 am, when Shailesh retired for the night, she switched off the lights at home as a signal for the hitmen. The attackers crept into the house under the cover of darkness

Officers said she enlisted the shopkeeper, Pramod Lute, 33, and two of his accomplices, offering R1.5 lakh to kill her husband. They strangled him in his sleep and dumped his body and car 8 km away in the forest. The next day, the Ganesh Puri police found the body and identified it with the help of the car's licence plate. When they went to his home, Sakshi said he had been missing the entire night.

Two of the accused held Shailesh's legs tight, while the third accomplice strangled him

Cops wondered why Sakshi hadn't reported him missing. They also found her sleeping children locked in a room. When they took her to see the body, she identified it as her husband even before taking a proper look.

Once he was dead, the trio shoved his body into his own car and drove to an isolated area, where they set the body on fire

Sakshi had asked them to burn the body partially, so that she could identify her husband and claim insurance

The accused then left Shailesh's body there and dumped the car at another spot. Later, Sakshi would claim that he had gone missing that night. Illustration/Uday Mohite

Shailesh Nimse

The final clincher was the Call Detail Records (CDR). Shailesh's phone revealed his affair and Sakshi's motive, while her phone records led the cops to the shopkeeper Pramod. The police found that his cell phone location was near Shailesh's house on the night of the murder. Upon interrogation, Pramod confessed and the police also arrested Sakshi.

Sakshi Nimse

She told the police that Nimse used to beat her up and she was afraid that he would not give her or the children any property.

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