Wife plots husbands murder along with her lover to claim the insurance money of Rs 2 crore. The police have arrested nine people in this matter.
Wife poisoned her husband for insurance money: In a shocking incident, the wife plots her husband’s murder along with her lover to claim the insurance money of Rs 2 crore. The police have arrested nine people, including the wife, for allegedly conspiring to kill the husband(ex- serviceman) and tampering with evidence.
The incident took place in Ghodageri village of Belagavi district in Karnataka. The victim, Sandeep Kalagouda Manjargi(46) of the village sustained minor injuries after he fell from his motorcycle while returning to his village on March 13. He was initially admitted to a government hospital in Hukkeri. Where doctors reportedly found that his injuries were not serious. However, his wife, Suma Manjargi, later shifted him to JJ Hospital in Ghataprabha. While he was undergoing treatment, Suma and Pundalik(lover) allegedly mixed poison into a saline bottle and also administered sleeping tablets, leading to his death on March 15 police said.
To conceal the crime, the accused allegedly filed a false complaint claiming Sandeep had died of a heart attack following the accident. Investigators said efforts were also made to ensure that traces of poison did not appear in the forensic and postmortem reports. Police allege that some forensic laboratory staff and others were recruited to manipulate the findings and destroy evidence.
The body was later exhumed and subjected to a second postmortem examination. Based on fresh evidence, the case was converted into a murder investigation under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Poison bottles, syringes, mobile phones and other materials used in the crime have been seized.
Those arrested include Suma Manjargi, Pundalik Dombar, RMP doctor Basavaraj Bhasme, FDA official Ashok Gujanal attached to the Belagavi Commissioner’s office, RFSL clerk Appasaheb Naik, laboratory assistant Channayya Adiviswamimath, Senior Scientific Officer P.N. Nagaraj, and Pundalik’s associates Sachin Selar and Rahul Jogi. All nine accused have been arrested, and further investigations are underway into what police describe as a deeply disturbing conspiracy involving murder, insurance fraud, and the alleged manipulation of forensic evidence.
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