Pilibhit : A case has been registered against a 30-year-old woman and six members of her family for allegedly killing her husband, whose body was found along a roadside in Kheri district on Saturday.
Police said the incident took place Friday evening when Avdesh Kumar, 35, a resident of Pachtaur village under Mohammadi police station, had gone to visit his wife Juli Devi at her maternal home in Chhapaura village under Pasgawan police station. Mohammadi circle officer Arun Kumar Singh told TOI that Avdhesh had been jailed in 2024 for allegedly killing his father-in-law’s elder brother and had secured bail six months ago. “An FIR has been registered against the accused under BNS section 103(1) (murder).
He said the old rivalry could be one of the possible motives behind the murder. Further legal action will be based on police investigation and its findings,” Singh said. unidentified assailants allegedly intercepted him, covered his face with a gunny bag, and repeatedly struck his head with bricks While he was returning home on a motorcycle later at night. Avdesh’s brother-in-law, Collector Prasad, lodged a police complaint, stating that the couple had been facing marital problems and Juli, along with their four-year-old son, had been living with her parents for the past three years.
His body was found on Pandewari-Chhapaura road early on Saturday and has been sent for postmortem, police said.