Sources claimed that Pavithra conspired against her husband along with her lover.
Mysuru : A week after a 35-year-old mason was allegedly drugged and murdered, police have arrested his wife and her paramour on charges of conspiracy and murder. Police said on Oct 16, when Ramprasad returned home drunk, Pavithra allegedly served him idlis laced with a venomous seed powder. An officer said after Ramprasad’s brother lodged a police complaint, the investigation revealed the crime.
They have told police that Ramprasad was allegedly suffocated to death while he was asleep. She is said to have mixed venomous seed powder into idli and later smothered him to death. Pavithra , a mother of two children, and her lover Sunil , also a mason, have been arrested on the charges of killing Ramprasad the mason. Later, it was projected as a natural death. Sources claimed that Pavithra conspired against her husband along with her lover. The crime happened at their residence in Vinoba Colony, Hunsur. Chandrahasa rushed his brother to the hospital. By then, Ramprasad was already dead. His last rites were also performed at his native.
The officer said the wife and lover were arrested on Wednesday and remanded to judicial custody after a postmortem report indicated foul play in the Ramprasad’s death, police said.