HYDERABAD: Medchal police solved the murder of a pharma employee and arrested his wife and four of her associates on Tuesday. The accused tried to make the murder appear like a road accident but they could not succeed.
The victim was, Pharma employee Dharavath Suresh, 28. The accused are, his wife, Babitha, a village ward member of Saidonigadda Tanda in Medchal, her lover, Prem Singh and their associates, U Raj, Rahul and Suraj. Suresh married Babitha seven years ago. At the time of marriage, Babitha was in love with Prem Singh. Even after the marriage, the affair continued, Medchal police said. "Suresh came to know about the affair and warned Babitha and Singh to mend their ways. The accused decided to eliminate Suresh and sought help from the other accused by offering them Rs 1 lakh cash. The plan was to make the murder look like an accident,"Balanagar DCP P V Padmaja said.
During postmortem, the cause of death was identified as strangulation. Police arrested the accused based on technical evidence information given by Suresh’s parents.