A man was arrested in Gurugram for the double murder of his live-in partner and her husband. Police said on Friday that, his paramour was also involved in the conspiracy of her husband's murder. The accused, Surender alias Dudhiya was arrested on Friday from Sector-43 in Gurugram with the help of technical surveillance and CCTV footage of the area where the two resided. Surender, a resident of Mandela Kalan in Delhi was in a relationship with 44-year-old Kamla Devi, a widow, who was living with her son in Kanhai Village of Gurugram in a rented accommodation.
Kamla Devi's son stated in his police complaint that Surender was in a live-in relationship with her for the last three years after his father had gone missing. The accused disclosed before the police that he had developed a relationship with the Kamla Devi, in 2014 in Delhi and her husband Mahesh came to know about their illicit relationship.
"Kamla Devi and Surender hatched a conspiracy and Surender killed Mahesh in 2018 and threw his body in a canal in Delhi. Thereafter, the woman had filed a missing complaint for her husband in Delhi. They later shifted to Gurugram and were residing together," Subhash Boken, spokesperson of the Gurugram Police said.The accused revealed that he was an addict and was jobless too. Due to this there was a dispute between them and on March 1 he smothered her to death and fled the spot.