Deccan Chronicle

WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND WITH LOVER’S HELP

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

Seventy days after a 38year-old cook went missing, the Rajendrana­gar police apprehende­d the missing man's wife and her paramour, who allegedly killed him, burnt the body and threw the remains into Musi river.

The wife, 32-year-old Maheshwari, along with her paramour Sanjay, killed Anand Kumar, her husband. She staged a drama that her husband was missing, but the police cracked the case.

Rajendrana­gar police on Tuesday apprehende­d Maheshwari and Sanjay, 24, an auto driver from Gandhamgud­a and recovered the remains from Musi river.

According to sources, Maheshwari and Anand Kumar, who are natives of Lingampall­y village in Kodangal mandal of Mahabubnag­ar, got married 10 years ago and were blessed with two children. They migrated to the city in 2011.

A year ago, she met Sanjay, and their friendship turned into an extra-marital affair. Unhappy with her husband, she hatched a plan to eliminate him.

On May 7, she called Sanjay who held Anand's legs, while Maheshwari strangulat­ed him with a wire. They burnt the body in an open place at Gandhangud­a. The next morning, the remains of the body were thrown into Musi river,” said the sources. The wife lodged a missing complaint with the police on May 21, following which a two-month probe was carried out by the police. Based on the informatio­n from local people the wife and her paramour were questioned, and they confessed.

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