NOIDA: A woman (29) was held on Saturday for allegedly killing her husband with the help of her lover and his wife and trying to pass it off as suicide. The accused couple is absconding.The deceased, Niresh, 25, lived with his wife, Neetu, in Devla village, Surajpur, Greater Noida. The other accused, Satpal and Pushpa, were their neighbours. Both couples came to the city from Badaun district. “During investigation, Niresh’s wife Neetu claimed she had been in an affair with Satpal for the past three years. He had promised to marry her. She, at a time, compelled Niresh to lend money to Satpal,” said Avdhesh Pratap, SHO of Surajpur police station. Niresh had loaned Rs 5 lakh to Satpal. “However, Niresh had been asking Satpal to return the money as he wanted to buy a plot. On February 12 evening, when Niresh approached Satpal for the money again, the latter hit him and strangulated him. Neetu and Pushpa also helped Satpal,” said Pratap. During interrogation, Neetu told cops that she held Niresh’s legs and Pushpa his head while Satpal strangulated him. After killing Niresh, the three allegedly called an ambulance and took the body to Badaun. Neetu said Satpal told her to tell everyone that Niresh used to consume alcohol and committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan. “Neetu told relatives his injuries were from the fall after the hanging. But Niresh’s relatives and other villagers called local police. A postmortem showed the cause of death as asphyxiation due to strangulation, apart from multiple fractures in the legs,” said the SHO. Cops arrested Neetu on Saturday from Greater Noida. Meanwhile, Satpal and Pushpa have absconded. Police have filed an FIR against the three under IPC Section 302 (murder). TNN
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