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Missing UP cop found dead in drain killed by contract killers hired by wife: Police

Ali was against the lifestyle of his four daughters and also his wife's alleged affair, the officials said, adding that his wife had approached Tehsin and Qasim of Muzaffarnagar and struck a deal for Rs 50,000 to kill him.

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A police sub-inspector, whose body was found in a drain here, was allegedly killed by two contract killers hired by his wife as he opposed her extra-marital affair, police said on Tuesday.

Meharban Ali, 59, had gone missing on Saturday and his body was recovered from a drain here on Sunday.

The investigations into the matter revealed that he was allegedly killed by two contract killers hired by his wife, who was having an extra-marital affair with her brother-in-law, Superintendent of Police (SP) (city) Dinesh Tripathi and SP (rural) Subhash Chandra Shakya said in a joint press conference here.

Ali was against the lifestyle of his four daughters and also his wife’s alleged affair, the officials said, adding that his wife had approached Tehsin and Qasim of Muzaffarnagar and struck a deal for Rs 50,000 to kill him.

The contract killers allegedly strangulated Ali in his house and banged his head several times against the wall in the presence of his wife and daughters, who guarded the body for about 11 hours before it was thrown in a drain in the night, they said.

The wife and four daughters have been arrested while hunt was on to nab the hired killers, the officials added.

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