Police on Thursday arrested a woman and her paramour on the charge of killing the former’s husband in R Udayagiri of Gajapati district.
The deceased was identified as Krushna Chandra Behera of Bomkei village of Digapahandi block in Ganjam district and the accused his wife Sasmita along with her lover Shankar Saran Gouda, a garment trader in Mohana block of Gajapati district.
The duo was nabbed after cops recovered the decomposed body of Behera from a sack in Mankadia canal in R Udaygiri. Behera had gone missing from December 19, after which family members reached out to police. Preliminary investigation revealed that Behera was murdered by his wife and her lover as he had got to know about their affair and was posing a hindrance to their relationship.
Sasmita and Shankar were reportedly in a relationship since their college days. However, Sasmita got married to Behera. As Shankar used to visit Sasmita at her in-laws’ place often after the marriage, Behera got suspicious. After getting to know that Sasmita and Shankar were romantically involved, he reportedly threatened her with dire consequence. This prompted Sasmita and Shankar to hatch a plan to get rid of Behera and they murdered him.
Police said a case has been registered. Both the accused confessed to the crime during interrogation and were being quizzed for further details.