‘I killed him’: Woman smashes lover’s head with hammer in UP hotel room, confesses to staff

AGRA: A 29-year-old woman allegedly struck her 36-year-old ‘lover’ with a hammer and slit his throat with a sharp object at a hotel room in Agra on Friday and then walked over to the staff, saying that she had killed him.DCP Agra (west) Aditya (goes by first name only) said, “The man was found in a blood-soaked sack in the hotel room. During questioning, the woman, who’d checked into the room with him, told cops that she smashed his head with a hammer over a personal dispute.”“She was taken into custody for questioning. An FIR has been registered under BNS section 103 (murder), and legal proceedings have been initiated,” Aditya added.According to police, preliminary investigation indicated the man, a distant relative of the woman, was in a relationship with her. “The woman is married and has a child. She claimed that she was being regularly blackmailed by him, which may have led to the killing,” said an official involved in the investigation.There was blood splattered all over the room, pointing towards a gruesome murder, police said, adding that according to the hotel staffers, the couple checked in around 11am, and the incident took place around 12.30pm.ACP (Saiyan) Sukanya Sharma said that police were informed about the incident around 1pm.