Police crack murder case within 24 hrs

Jhansi: Cracking the murder mystery of a woman within 24 hours after she was shot dead on Friday, police arrested her two brothers-in-law for the crime on Saturday.

The woman was shot by the elder brother-in-law who was having an affair with her while the younger brother-in-law has been charged for concealing the weapon.

According to reports, a 26-year-old woman, Pooja Jaiswal, who had gone for a morning walk was shot dead opposite the commissioner's office on early Friday morning by an unidentified person.

SSP Jhansi, Dinesh Kumar P during a press briefing said that the eldest brother Om Prakash Jaiswal (43) had shot the woman.

Giving further details, the SSP said, “During investigations, the accused, who is a taxi operator, revealed that he was having an extramarital affair with the deceased for the past 5-6 years”. Recently, he started suspecting that Pooja was involved with someone else so he thought to eliminate her, the SSP said quoting the accused.