Browsed YouTube for plotting murder, buried body in pit, then a missing complaint: Gurgaon woman kills husband with partner’s help

As the investigation deepened, police found that the woman had been in a relationship with the neighbour for over a year, said officers. The body of the 37-year-old victim was found after the accused admitted killing the man during questioning by police following his arrest in the rape case.

“The murder was plotted after the victim’s daughter, one of the couple’s two children, recently discovered a compromising video of the woman and her lover on his phone and told her father. Fearing being exposed, the woman and her lover devised a plan to kill her husband,” a police spokesperson said.

The duo, police said, meticulously planned the murder — they browsed the Internet, including YouTube, for methods to kill the man and dispose of his body.

On July 26, the woman’s neighbour allegedly strangled her husband with a rope and buried him in the pit, which he had asked his uncle – who rears cattle for a living — to dig in a village.

The woman stayed in constant contact with her neighbour over the phone throughout the execution of the crime, police said, adding that the woman filed a missing person complaint to mislead the probe.

On Sunday, the woman was produced before a local court and placed in judicial custody, while her neighbour’s uncle was remanded in five days of police custody for further questioning.