Dying ‘to tie another knot’, 2 women kill husbands in Ludhiana, arrested

In the first case on Wednesday, a woman along with her aide allegedly strangled her husband to death in his sleep, said the police. The woman allegedly tried to cremate the body claiming the death was natural. However, the victim’s brother informed the police and demanded an autopsy. After the report suggested that the man was murdered, the police arrested the woman and her aides.

The accused were identified as Kiran, 36, and her aide Lovekush, 24, of Harkrishan Nagar.

The police said that Lovekush was also a distant relative of victim Raj Kumar, 40. An FIR was registered at Daba police station against the accused on the complaint of Kuldeep Vishwakarma, the victim’s brother.

Inspector Nardev Singh, SHO of Daba police station, stated that the autopsy report confirmed murder. “The woman confessed her crime.

The woman stated that on Wednesday morning Lovekush turned up at their house. They strangled Raj Kumar to death with her dupatta in his sleep. Lovekush left the house and she burnt the dupatta in a vacant plot. Later, she raised the alarm claiming that Raj Kumar had died of a cardiac arrest. However, his brother Kuldeep noticed strangulation marks on his neck and demanded a postmortem,” said the Inspector.

“The woman confessed that Raj Kumar had got to know about her extra-marital affair with Lovekush and had deterred her from meeting him. The police also found the CCTV footage capturing Kiran walking towards a vacant plot with a polybag carrying dupatta and returning empty-handed,” the SHO said.

In another case on Thursday late, a woman along with her two sisters, an aide and his friend allegedly hacked her husband to death at Gill village.

According to the police, the victim was aware of the illicit relationship between his wife and another man and objected to it.

The accused was identified as Puneeta Mishra, wife of victim Pawan Kumar Mishra, 3. The other accused were identified as Puneeta’s two sisters Dolly Mishra, Gayatri Mishra, aide Rajan Shukla and his accomplice Varinder Kumar, alias Monu.

An FIR was registered at Sadar police station on the statement of Gurdial Singh Nambardar who stated that on Thursday night, he went to his fields in Avneet Nagar Colony. He was shocked to see Pawan Kumar Mishra lying injured in a pool of blood.

ASI Tarsem Brar, incharge at Marado police station, stated that the police rushed the victim to hospital, but he succumbed to injuries. The police apprehended his wife and questioned her. She confessed. Following her statement, the police arrested her two sisters – Dolly Mishra, Gayatri Mishra — her aide Rajan Shukla and his accomplice Varinder Kumar.

The ASI added that Puneeta had developed an illicit relationship with Rajan Shukla six months ago. Pawan came to know about it. He objected to it and asked Puneeta not to meet Rajan. Puneeta and Rajan hatched a conspiracy to kill Pawan. On Thursday night, when Pawan returned home, the accused assaulted him with a sharp-edged weapon. Pawan ran towards the fields to save himself. The accused chased and assaulted him again. The accused fled, assuming he was dead.

The two children of the couple were handed over to their kin.