Additional investigation is underway, say cops (Representational)
Sonipat:
A married businessman was arrested for stabbing his live-in companion and school-time love in Haryana’s Sonipat and setting her physique on hearth over a home dispute, police mentioned on Sunday.
Upkar killed Sarita, who had been residing with him for six years after separating from her husband, on October 25 in Rishi Colony within the Civil Traces space and burnt your complete home to offer it the form of a fireplace accident, police mentioned.
“Upkar’s spouse was conscious of his live-in relationship, whereas Sarita had divorced her husband whom she married in 2004. Each of them have been residing as ‘husband-wife’ for six years,” mentioned Manish Kumar, Crime Unit, Ganaur.
Upkar, a resident of Vishnu Nagar, Yamunanagar, fell into the police internet after the forensic examination of the physique of Sarita, initially a resident of Punjab’s Zirakpur who was educating in a school right here, revealed homicide on account of stabbing earlier than burns.
A courtroom has granted Upkar’s custody to police for 2 days throughout which he shall be questioned and brought to the crime scene, mentioned an investigator.
The layers over the crime began coming off after Sarita’s brother from Punjab, Trishla, filed a grievance at Civil Traces police station in Sonipat.
In his grievance, Trishla mentioned Sarita had divorced her husband, Kapil, with whom she had a daughter and began residing with Upkar in Sonipat in 2018 however they usually had disputes.
The sufferer’s brother alleged in his grievance that Sarita had instructed him that Upkar had referred to as her on October 20 and demanded cash.
Trishla’s grievance mentioned that on October 25 he obtained a telephone name from his sister who mentioned that Upkar was making an attempt to strangle her however the telephone went silent quickly after.
Later, Trishla obtained data that Sarita’s home caught hearth the identical night time and he or she died within the blaze.
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