Boutique owner arrested for murdering live-in partner

Shehnaz (35) allegedly assaulted Rajesh Gupta with a cricket stumps after an argument.

A boutique owner and her brother were arrested for allegedly battering to death her live-in partner after he objected to her friendship with another man,police said today.

Shehnaz (35) allegedly assaulted Rajesh Gupta with a cricket stump after an argument on October five while they were consuming alcohol at their Rohini residence and later her two brothers helped her in disposing his body.

Shehnaz has been living with Gupta for the past two years after she got separated from her husband. Shehnaz and and her brother Shakeel (27) were arrested yesterday while another brother Shahid is absconding.

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Providing details about the investigations,a senior police official said,Shakeel was the first to be questioned as investigators received inputs that he could be behind the disappearance of Gupta.

“Shehnaz herself had approached police and reported that Gupta was missing since October five.

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