38-yr-old kills wife, 'lover'

Suspecting illicit relationship, a 38-year-old man killed his wife and her alleged paramour at Arvind Vihar under Bagh Sewania police station area late on Thursday night. The accused used to work at Principal Secretary Tribal Welfare Department Ashok Shah’s house in Bagh Sewania. According to the police, late night on Thursday, Ganesh started beating his wife Rajkumari and his friend Raju Rajak in his house with a wooden stick and later fled the spot. 

The family and neighbours woke up due to the incident and rushed for the rescue of the victims and rushed them to nearby hospital where Raju died at around 1.30 in the night while Rajkumari died on Friday morning. Police were informed and after the preliminary investigation, the bodies were sent for the post-mortem. The accused escaped with his photographs and documents after the incident.

During the investigation, police found that at around 10.30 pm when the accused found his wife and his friend in a compromising position, he became infuriated and started beating them with a wooden stick and later, escaped the spot. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started searching for the accused. The deceased Rajkumari is survived by her three daughters while the deceased Raju is survived by his two daughters.

Raju used to live at Rishi Nagar, near Char Imli. He used to work at office in the day and during night, he used to work as auto rickshaw driver. Around three years ago, he arrived in the city with his family and became friend with Ganesh as Ganesh used to live in the same area.