A woman and her brother were arrested and forwarded to court by the Rajgangpur police on Monday on the charge of killing her husband by throttling him to death with a plastic rope on Saturday.
Sources said a resident of Karlakani village under the Rajgangpur police station, Sanjay Barua (33) after falling in love with Radhika Bag (30), had married her in 2006. The couple has three children. Sanjay, who was idle, used to consume alcohol regularly and beat Radhika in an inebriated condition. She was facing great difficulty in maintaining her family.
On Saturday night, Sanjay again came to his house drunk, and following a quarrel beat Radhika. Meanwhile, Radhika’s younger brother Uttam (25), who had come to his sister’s house could not bear the torture and beating of Radhika. In a fit of rage, he caught hold of Sanjay and along with his sister, throttled him to death with a plastic rope. later, they dragged the dead body and threw it in a nullah, 5oo metres from their home.
On Sunday evening, deceased Sanjay’s father Arbind lodged an FIR with the Rajgangpur police that his son was killed by Radhika and Sanjay’s dead body was lying near a nullah, Rajgangpur police went to the spot and recovered the dead body.
later, they detained and interrogated Radhika. She confessed to the crime and said she along with her brother had murdered Sanjay. On Monday, the police have arrested and forwarded the brother and sister duo to court, said Rajgangpur PS IIC PK Jena.