Ludhiana, July 30

The Dehlon police have arrested a woman along with her paramour on the charges of killing her husband. The accused have been identified as Pancha Devi (45), her paramour Bengali Raut (46) of Jaspal Bangar village.

Yesterday, the body of the victim, Vinod Kumar (45), was found in the bushes on Gill Road. It had severe head injuries. ADCP Jaskiranjit Singh Teja said when the police started a probe, the role of the deceased’s wife was found suspicious and further probe found illicit relationship of the woman with Bengali of same village.

Bengali confessed that he had an illicit relationship with Pancha for a long time and recently, her husband had caught them in an objectionable position so they decided to kill him.

On the night of July 27, he hit a heavy stick on the head of the deceased. After killing him, his body was thrown in the bushes on Gill Road. —TNS