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 dwelling with him for six years after separating from her husband, on October 25 in Rishi Colony within the Civil Strains space and burnt all the home to present it the form of a hearth 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 dwelling 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 as a result of stabbing earlier than burns.
A court docket has granted Upkar’s custody to police for 2 days throughout which he might 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 criticism at Civil Strains police station in Sonipat.
In his criticism, Trishla mentioned Sarita had divorced her husband, Kapil, with whom she had a daughter and began dwelling with Upkar in Sonipat in 2018 however they typically had disputes.
The sufferer’s brother alleged in his criticism that Sarita had instructed him that Upkar had known as her on October 20 and demanded cash.
Trishla’s criticism mentioned that on October 25 he acquired a cellphone name from his sister who mentioned that Upkar was making an attempt to strangle her however the cellphone went silent quickly after.
Later, Trishla acquired data that Sarita’s home caught hearth the identical night time and she or he died within the blaze.
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