Rohit\'s wife held for murder\, \'turbulent\' marriage blamed

Rohit's wife held for murder, 'turbulent' marriage blamed

IANS  |  New Delhi 

Police on Wednesday said that a "turbulent marriage" led to the murder of Tiwari, the biological son of late veteran N.D. Tiwari, by his wife Apoorva who was arrested earlier in the day.

"Apoorva smothered Rohit to death... He was in an inebriated state and not in a position to resist."

The officer's remarks came hours after the police arrested Apoorva from her south flat.

Earlier, Ranjan told IANS: "Apoorva was arrested with the help of scientific evidence and FSL report. She confessed that she murdered her husband."

"She entered Rohit's room on April 16 and executed the crime. She later destroyed the evidence. All this happened within one-and-half hours," said the officer, adding she initially tried to mislead the team.

A resident of Defence Colony in south Delhi, Tiwari, 40, was taken by his mother to where he was declared brought dead.

The case was taken up by the after the post-mortem report suggested that Shekhar died due to smothering at around 1 a.m.

Born out of wedlock, Rohit fought a six-year-long paternity battle with his late father, veteran N.D. Tiwari, after the latter refused to accept him as his biological son.

On April 24, 2014, the High Court declared Rohit as N.D. Tiwari's biological son.

While passing the order, the court took note of the report of N.D. Tiwari's DNA test which proved that Rohit was indeed his son.

--IANS

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First Published: Wed, April 24 2019. 15:34 IST