A man was arrested for killing his widowed sister-in-law with a hammer on suspicion of having an affair, police said on Monday.
The 25-year-old woman identified as Twinkle is survived by three kids.
Circle Officer, Loni, Rajneesh Upadhyay said that Twinkle was married to Gaurav, a native of Khanpur village of Jaani police station area of Meerut district, in 2017. Her husband died in a truck accident in 2021.
After seeing his sister-in-law talking on the phone frequently, accused Abhishek started doubting her character. On Sunday night he reached her room on the first floor and indiscriminately hit her head with a hammer and slit her body at several points, police said.
Abhishek has been arrested and a hammer was recovered from the house.
Twinkle's body has been sent for post-mortem, police added.
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