Couple allegedly murdered woman’s lover, victim’s body later found in Kanpur

KANPUR: A 27-year-old woman of Manki Khurd in Hamirpur district allegedly lured her lover to her matrimonial home, and in collusion with her husband, murdered him inside a room, and later concealed his body in bushes at Tahrapur in the Reuna police station area of Kanpur.

The victim’s family filed a complaint at Bakewar police station in Fatehpur, expressing suspicion of murder. Police examined the youth’s call details and CDR, after which the incident was uncovered. Police summoned a forensic team and sent the body for post-mortem examination. The husband and wife, accused of murder, were taken into custody and were being interrogated.

The victim was identified as Vijay Nishad (25), son of Indrapal Nishad, a resident of Tikra village in Fatehpur district. Police said Vijay was in a affair with Kiran, and her husband Kamta Nishad (32) came to know about the affair.

On May 8, Kiran called her lover Vijay on the phone to meet her. During this period, the two spoke approximately five times on phone. When Vijay arrived at Kiran’s matrimonial home in Manki Khurd village of Hamirpur district to meet her, Kiran, in collusion with her husband Kamta Nishad, murdered him inside a room.

Bakewar police station in-charge Tushar Shrivastava stated that Kamta Nishad confessed to his crime during intensive interrogation and the remains of the body were recovered from the bushes based on his identification. Reuna police summoned the forensic team to collect evidence from the crime scene and sent the lover’s bodily remains for post-mortem examination.

Kiran stated that her lover was telling her in front of her husband that “you cannot deceive me, you have called me here to kill me,” and that he began attacking her husband, following which she conspired with her husband to murder her lover.

Reuna police station in-charge Anuj Rajput stated thatfurther action was being carried out by Bakewar police.