Woman kills husband to ‘live with her lover’

A woman, who killed her husband and tried to pass off the murder as a natural death, was arrested on Monday. Police said Aruna, 37, laced her husband’s food with sleeping pills and strangled him in his sleep. Aruna’s accomplice Sanjeev Paswan, an occultist, with whom she allegedly had an affair, has also been arrested. DCP South, Ishwar Singh, said that on April 7, police received information from AIIMS about the death of Nathuni, 54. His son had brought him to the hospital and informed doctors that Nathuni died while he was asleep next to Aruna. Nathuni worked as a gardener at AIIMS. This was his second marriage. While none of the relatives suspected foul play, when police received the post-mortem report on May 12, the cause of death was revealed to be asphyxia due to strangulation.