Woman, lover smother husband, throw him alive into canal; chats expose murder plot
A 21-year-old man from Haryana's Rewari was allegedly murdered by his wife and her lover in a pre-planned conspiracy after they strangled him, threw him
A 21-year-old man from Haryana's Rewari was allegedly murdered by his wife and her lover in a pre-planned conspiracy after they strangled him, threw him alive into a canal and staged the crime as a case of suicide or accidental drowning, police said. The murder came to light after the victim's family recovered deleted chats and call records from his mobile phone, prompting police to arrest the wife and one of the accused. Read Full Story According to police, Monu, a resident of Jadthal village, was supposed to bring his wife Tannu back from her parental home on June 7. His family said Tannu had asked him to bring his salary with him before coming. On June 8, after receiving his salary, Monu withdrew money from a CSC centre. He then told his family he was suffering from stomach pain and was going to buy medicine. He refused to take his father along and left home on his scooter. Police said Tannu called Monu and asked him to meet her. Her alleged lover Sonu, along with his associates Hariom and Aman, had already reached the spot and were waiting for him.
According to police, Tannu and the three accused overpowered Monu and covered his mouth and nose until he became unconscious. They then threw him alive into a canal so that the post-mortem would show death by drowning instead of murder. They also parked his scooter near the canal to make the incident appear to be a suicide. The victim's family later recovered deleted call records, which showed that Monu had called Tannu 49 times on June 8, the day he disappeared. The two spoke only once for about three minutes. When Monu did not return home that night, his family began searching for him. On June 9, the family called Tannu and asked whether Monu had contacted or met her. According to the family, she denied speaking to him or meeting him. The family then lodged a missing person complaint at Kasola Police Station. The family also contacted Tannu's relatives, who denied that Monu had visited them or spoken to Tannu. On June 10, police recovered Monu's body from a canal near Asalwas. Officers found no visible injury marks on his body. They also recovered his scooter from the canal bank with his mobile phone inside.
Police treated the case as an accidental death under Section 174 proceedings and handed over the body to the family after the post-mortem. Believing the police theory of accidental drowning or suicide, the family performed Monu's last rites. After learning about Monu's death, Tannu arrived at her matrimonial home in Jadthal from her parental home in Kasoli along with her parents, brother and other relatives. According to the family, she cried, attended the funeral and participated in all the rituals until the mourning period ended, giving everyone the impression that she was grieving her husband's death. On June 11, police handed Monu's mobile phone to the family. They found that all the phone's data had been deleted, which raised their suspicion. The family approached cyber experts and recovered the deleted data. According to them, the recovered chats showed that Tannu had called Monu to meet her. The chats also showed that Monu left home after withdrawing his salary to meet Tannu and that she remained in contact with her lover Sonu. The family said Tannu's father later admitted that Monu and Tannu had spoken for three minutes on June 8.
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