A routine train to seek out the whereabouts of a proclaimed offender (PO) within the nationwide capital led the police to finally discover and resolve a brutal homicide thriller the place a lady, with the assistance of her lover, eradicated her husband, Pritam Prakash (42), and dumped his physique in a drain.
The police arrested the girl recognized as Soniya (34), a resident of Alipur, Delhi, and her boyfriend Rohit (28), a resident of Sonepat. One other accused, Vijay, brother-in-law of Soniya’s sister, stays at massive.
The rented home in Alipur the place each husband and spouse lived stays abandoned after the arrest of Soniya.
Akshay, one in all their neighbours, revealed that they thought Pritam, who was declared a PO, should be lacking or could also be hiding from the police and his spouse, Soniya, could be making up tales to evade his arrest.
It got here as a shock to them that she was co-conspirer in her husband’s dying, he added. Since each Pritam and Soniya married towards the need of their members of the family, the neighbours by no means noticed the mother and father or any relative visiting them.
Pritam was a recognized history-sheeter in Alipur and had greater than 10 instances registered towards him, stated Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Harsh Indora.
Circumstances below the Arms Act, NDPS Act and varied sections of the IPC had been registered towards him. “He was additionally declared a proclaimed offender by the courtroom,” Indora added.
The police had been investigating the whereabouts of Pritam. His cell phone sign was traced to a village in Sonepat, Haryana.
Throughout the raid, the police detained a person named Rohit, who initially misled them however later confessed to having a bootleg relationship with Pritam’s spouse. He admitted that she had given him Pritam’s cell phone, the police stated.
The police additionally nabbed Soniya, who disclosed that in July 2024, she had given a contract for the killing of her husband to her relative Vijay, who killed him.
Soniya stated Pritam was a drug addict and sometimes used to beat her up. After their marriage, she usually used to battle with Pritam about his dependancy. Pritam had been to jail a number of occasions for unlawful possession of weapons, theft, theft, kidnapping and different instances.
In 2023, she got here involved with Rohit, a taxi driver in Delhi, and so they grew to become mates. Rohit has additionally been to jail a number of occasions. They needed to marry, however her husband was an impediment. On July 2 final 12 months, she had a battle with Pritam and went to her sister’s home in Gannaur, Sonepat. She requested Rohit to kill her husband, however he demanded Rs 6 lakh, saying that he wants to rent different males, the DCP stated.
Later, she requested her sister’s brother-in-law Vijay to kill Pritam. He demanded Rs 1 lakh, and the deal was finalised for Rs 50,000.
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