In a rare crime, a woman, resident of Hameerpur, Kashipur, along with their daughter and her fiancée, has allegedly killed her husband identified as Prithvi Singh in Kashipur on Tuesday night. The woman identified as Renu, was arrested on Wednesday. Informing this, Udham Singh Nagar senior superintendent of police Dr Sadanand Date said on Wednesday that after the murder, Renu had informed police that around half a dozen armed criminals had barged into their house, killed her husband and decamped with Rs 15 lakh on Tuesday night. “She further said that she was confined in a room with her hands being tied with ropes.
She also informed that her 17 -year -old daughter was kidnapped by the dacoits. Acting on the complaint, we started investigation. Forensic team also collected evidences from the spot. Police recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. After the preliminary investigation revealed that Prithvi Singh had died due to head injury the police team interrogated the woman. We learnt that the house owner kept some cash in the house after a land was sold. Suspecting that the woman was concealing things the team again grilled her. Finally, she broke down and confessed the crime. Based on her information, police recovered Rs12.50 lakh from her possession,” he said. Police sources said that she had concocted the story of armed robbery as a ruse to divert the attention of the police. Date said that team has been formed to arrest two other accused-the daughter of the murdered and her fiancée.