Gunga police have nabbed wife of the deceased and her lover for killing a 35-year old shepherd on Friday. The shepherd was found brutally murdered in the forest area in Gunga late in the night on Friday; it was found that he was strangulated to death which was revealed in the post mortem.
Raghuveer Meena who was killed by smashing his head with stone. The victim used to work as a shepherd and lived in the Chanderi area with his wife and children. According to police Pappu Yadav and Raghuveer's wife were in a relationship.
Police suspected that the deceased was killed by smashing his head or he might have probably kill and later smashed the head, so that he could not be identified.
Raghuveer came to know about the illicit relationship and started to behave strictly due to which the two planned and killed him.
The circumstantial evidences suggest that the victim struggled to escape but the miscreants overpowered and killed him. The blood stained stone was found at the spot which was used to smash the head of the Raghuveer.
Family members claimed that the victim had gone to graze the animals and failed to return till night after which family members started searching for him and found him dead in the forest. The police registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and arrested the accused.