Kanpur woman murdered in flat, unconscious hubby dies in hospital

KANPUR: A 22-year-old married woman was killed by unknown men in her apartment in Keshavpuram of Kalyanpur area of the city here on Tuesday. The woman's husband, who was also found in an unconscious condition in a car some 45 km in Bilhaur area, succumbed after being admitted to a hospital.
Police said Namra Khan's head was crushed with a heavy object. Her husband Mohd Sahwan, 30, was hospitalised, but succumbed later. Police shifted the bodies for postmortem. Police are yet to confirm if the woman's husband was killed or committed suicide. Namra was Sahwan's second wife.
According to police, Namra, wife of Mohd Sahwan, a coaching teacher, was found murdered in the Nageshwar Apartment in Keshavpuram in Kalyanpur on Tuesday morning where she was living with her husband for the past eight months.
Namra was found lying dead by Nida, wife of Sahwan's brother Irfan, who too resides in the same apartment with his family. The apartment was found open, and the keys inserted in the lock hole of the door. Irfan's wife immediately alerted her husband who arrived at the apartment of his brother and informed the police control room. SSP Anant Deo said, "We are probing if any personal enmity was behid the killings. Crime and forensic teams have collected the evidence. There were no signs of house break".
"The woman's body has been preserved for postmortem examination to ascertain cause of her death. Prima facie it appears that her head was hit by a heavy object. We have also recovered a deshaped pressure cooker from the spot, and most probably, the assailants had attacked her with it ," the SSP added. He said the police are questioning other inmates of the apartment and its security guard, and also checking CCTV footage to see who had visited the woman before she was killed. Her husband, a coaching teacher, who was found unconscious in a car parked at a distance of nearly 45 km in Bilhaur area, was later admitted to Ursula Horseman hospital, where he died during treatment. His brother Irfan and latter's wife Nida are being questioned to find out if there is any personal enmity.
Police said Namra was Sahwan's second wife. From his first wife--Simrana--Sahwan had two children. At present, Simarana was living with her children at her parents house in Begumganj area of the city. Sahwan and Namra got married about eight months ago, the police officer further said.
Neighbours told the police that their relationship was not going smooth for the past few days.