Woman hires killer for murder of ‘philanderer’ husband, both held

New Delhi, May 25: A 28year-woman has been arrested along with a man for allegedly killing her husband, police said on Wednesday. The woman hired the man to murder her husband, they said, adding that they also tried to mislead investigators by making the killing look like an outcome of an attempted robbery.

Chander Kala had conspired with Jumman (27), a history-sheeter based in Delhi’s Ranhola area, and also given him a hammer and Rs 1.5 lakhs for the job, police said. The weapon and `50,000 has been recovered, police said.

The woman and her husband used to fight very often. The man had two wives and this was also the reason behind the dispute between the two, police said.

The woman alleged that her husband was a philanderer and had extra-marital affairs, police said.

According to the plan, the killing was executed on May 18 when the woman’s husband was asleep, police said. Kala called Jumman and kept the main gate of her house open for him to enter easily. Jumman came to her house at night with the hammer and hit on the man’s head twice killing him instantly, police said.

To make it look like a robbery and mislead the police, Kala gave money and jewellery to Jumman, officials said.

The police got a call from a man who informed them that a body lying on road near his residence and a crowd had gathered around it, officials said.

“The man was found lying in a pool of blood. He was identified as Veer Bahadur Verma, a resident of Vikas Nagar in Delhi. The man, 50, was rushed to the DDU Hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said Sameer Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer Delhi).

When the man’s wife was interrogated, she kept on changing her versions about the sequence of events, and claimed that some robbers had entered into her house and looted money along with jewellery, after brutally assaulting her husband, police said.

Based on CCTV footage and Call Detail Records, Jumman was arrested. Kala was further interrogated. Since she was changing her version frequently, her CDR were also obtained, police said.

During its analysis it was found that she was in touch with the Jumman and had made several calls to him in the past few weeks, police said.