Haridwar: During interrogation, the accused woman confessed to having murdered her husband Surendra Pal Singh Virk, former President of the Haridwar Bar Association by taking the help of a relative named Soni to kill Virk.
The duo allegedly used a cricket bat and stumps to badger the victim to death at midnight.
The accused woman suspected that her husband was having an extra-marital affair and feared that he would desert her and their children in order to settle with another woman.
The police has registered a case under Indian penal code 302 against Richpal.
A woman allegedly killed her husband today on the suspicion that he was having an extra-marital affair, SSP Haridwar, Sweety Singh said.
In order to make it appear like a case of loot, the victim's wife, identified as Richpal, took out the chain and rings from the victim's body and lodged a complaint of loot and murder at the Jwalapur Police Station.
Within few hours, police unravelled the mystery when they recovered the jewellery from the house of Richpal's sister-in-law Soni, following which they were arrested.
The duo allegedly used a cricket bat and stumps to badger the victim to death at midnight.
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The police has registered a case under Indian penal code 302 against Richpal.
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