Another Meerut-Like Murder: Uttar Pradesh Woman Along With Paramour Kills Husband; Places Snake Under Body As Cover-up
According to the police, the accused strangled the man while he was asleep and pressed a snake under his waist as cover-up.
Published : April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM IST
Meerut: In a stark resemblance to the recent murder of Saurabh Rajput in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut by his wife and her paramour, another man from the same district has been killed by his wife along with her lover, both of whom tried to pass off the death due to a snake bite. Both the woman and her paramour have been taken into custody by the police.
The latest murder has come to light from Bahsuma police station area of Meerut, where in Akbarpur Sadat village, the victim Amit was found dead in his house on Sunday, April 13. A snake was also found in Amit's bed which led to a belief that he died due to a snake bite.
Post-mortem Spills The Beans
A police official said that the postmortem report did not show any snake bite marks, but there were injury marks on Amit's face, neck and nose. The report states that he died due to suffocation.
Bahsuma Inspector Indu Verma said that Amit's wife Ravita, whom police suspected for a foul play was interrogated after the postmortem report adding she confessed to have murdered her husband along with her paramour.
Ravita told police that she, along with her lover Amardeep, strangled Amit to death. To dodge the police, the duo placed a snake bought from a snake charmer for Rs 1000 and placed it under Amit's waist, Ravita told police.
Amit Knew About Ravita's Extra-marital Affair
Police investigation has also revealed that Amit came to know about his wife's illegal affair with Amardeep due to which there was a quarrel between husband and wife three days before the murder. After the affair was revealed, Ravita along with Amardeep hatched a conspiracy to kill Amit, police said.
It is understood that both and Amit and Amardeep worked as tile workers and the latter often used to visit the former's house during which he developed an illicit relationship with his wife.
Similarity With Meerut Drum Murder
The murder bears a stark resemblance to another murder from Meerut where Saurabh Rajput, a former Merchant Navy officer was killed by his wife Muskan in connivance with her lover on the night of March 4 at his house in Indiranagar in Meerut. The accused later chopped the body into pieces and stuffed it in a blue drum with cement.
Ravita's lover Amardeep has told the police that they bought a snake from snake charmers in Mahmudpur Sikheda village. On Sunday, when the people of the house slept, Ravita called him and both of them killed Amit while he was sleeping, he told police. To pass it off as snake bite death, the snake was pressed under the body, he added.
Rural SP Rakesh Kumar Mishra confirmed that both the woman and her paramour have been taken into custody after her confession.
It is learnt that the slain Amit Kashyap alias Mikki was married to Ravita about eight years ago. The couple have three children.
Husband Forced Me Into Prostitution, Says Murder Accused Wife
As the investigation goes on in the case, murder accused Ravita has made a big revelation in the case saying her husband Amit used to beat her and tried to force her into prostitution and send her to a brothel.
'Amit Was Planning To Kill Amardeep'
Ravita further alleged that Amit himself was hatching a conspiracy to kill Amardeep and had asked her to help him get Amardeep out of the way.
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