Kota: Woman, lover nabbed for killing husband, dumping body in drain

Kota: A 35-year-old woman was arrested along with her lover for allegedly killing her husband and dumping his body in a drain, police on Sunday said.

A male body with its head crushed was recovered by police from a drain under Anta Police Station jurisdiction on Friday.

The person was identified as Dharmraj Bairwa, a 40-year-old labourer from Baran City, an officer said.

Police booked a case of murder and questioned the man's wife, Guddibai, who was zeroed in as a key suspect in the case.

According to Baran Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Choudhary, Dharmraj's 12-year-old daughter told police that the day he disappeared his father had received a call and was asked to come to Trimurthi Circle.

When police checked the CCTV footage from the area, they found Dharmraj riding a pillion with another man, who was later identified as Satyanarayan Bairwa, 47, a resident of the Simliya area.

Police interrogated Satyanarayan and extracted a confession, the officer said.

Satyanarayan revealed that he had been in love with Dharmraj's wife, who was also his sister-in-law, even before she got married, the SP said.

He claimed Dharmraj was an alcoholic and often beat Guddibai after getting drunk, so they conspired to kill him, Choudhary said.