Kamla Nagar police have nabbed a 44-year-old woman for strangulating her husband to death in the wee hours on Tuesday; accused wife had initially claimed that her husband died of snake bite.
Addl SP Zone 1 Dharamveer Singh Yadav said that in the post mortem claims of snake bite were not found but it was confirmed that the deceased was strangulated and later when the accused was quizzed she confessed killing her husband.
During the investigation family members have claimed that the accused do not have any children from marriage and have got agreement of getting share from the deceased’s property. Another point which surfaced in the investigation was the reserving around 90 percent of GPF in his son’s name who is from his first marriage, he said.
Addl SP Yadav said that these facts are recorded in the statements of the family members and would be investigated as the evidences would be collected to verify these statements.
The accused attempted suicide in the year 2014 after having fight with the deceased. The accused used to work with a Beauty parlour.
First wife Soma Singh died in the year 2002 and two years after her death the accused married Seema Singh of Jabalpur who used to have frequent fights with the deceased.
Notably the deceased Suresh Singh (56) who was claimed to have died of snake bite by his wife Seema Singh was later found to be murdered by his wife in the investigation.
The deceased was posted as lab assistant in Food Corporation of India (FCI) Regional Office and used to live alone in Kotra area.