BIJNOR: Police in
Bijnor
have arrested a 38-year-old woman for allegedly "
honey trapping
" a trader, killing him first and then his wife before burying both in the backyard of her house in the UP town.
Shocking details emerged on Saturday after the interrogation of Roma Devi, a widow, who got into a relationship with Rajesh Agarwal, 55, a resident of Krishna Colony in Aligarh, with an eye on his three shops and a house.
Agarwal had suddenly disappeared along with his wife Babita on February 28. A missing persons report was filed by Babita's brother, Manoj Kumar Rana, a resident of Ghaziabad, following the incident.
Police investigation revealed that Devi had an extramarital affair with Agarwal and she wanted to acquire his property as the couple did not have a legal heir. She connived with her 19-year-old son, Tushar Singh, lover Mukesh Singh and his brother Dheeraj Singh to get the businessman and his wife killed in their house. Later, their bodies were buried in the backyard of Devi's home in Hamidpur, 6km away from Bijnor.
SP (Bijnor) Dharamveer Singh said, "Devi worked in a salon run by Babita and was a regular visitor at the latter's house. Therefore, she became our prime suspect. On interrogation, she confessed to the crime. We have recovered a car, motorbike, mobile phone and the murder weapon. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. All accused persons are in judicial custody."
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