A mom and her 4 daughters have been arrested for conspiring to homicide their policeman father to allow them to get his N41 million pension.
The deceased recognized as Merhabaan Ali, was killed by assassins allegedly employed by his spouse Zahida Begum, 52 and daughters Saba, 26, Zeenat, 22, Iram, 19 and Alia, 18.
Ali’s corpse was found in a sewage canal in Uttar Pradesh, northern India on Sunday.
The ladies have been arrested at their home in Shahjahanpur after they confessed to hiring two contract killers to kill him.
Police stated that they have been capable of hint the culprits from the crime scene with shut circuit cameras.
Inspector at Sadar Bazaar police station, Daya Chand Sharma, stated the mom and daughter have been offended with the officer as a result of he had imposed upon them strict dressing code which included they not sporting denims.
“Ever since the body of Ali was found, we suspected the involvement of family members, because the body was found just 250 metres from their house. We took out the call detail records of all the family members and found that Ali’s wife, Zahida, was regularly calling a number,” the Inspector stated.
The police stated investigation confirmed that the deceased officer arrived residence round 10:45 am, after leaving workplace at 10am the day earlier than he was killed.
Sharma added, “Contract killers Tahseen and Ehsaan, who have been referred to as for his homicide, have been seen coming into Ali’s home quickly after and at round 1pm Ali was killed. The similar night after darkish the contract killers once more got here to his home and with the assistance of his relations, took Ali of their bike and dumped his physique close to a canal.
“An enormous investigation operation was launched and all of the CCTV cameras have been checked for the recordings. Important clues have been discovered within the video recordings that helped us remedy the case.
“After that, we confronted the women, who confessed to the crime.”
“There were three benefits which the family would have got after Ali’s death,” stated the extra superintendent of the town police, Dinesh Tripathi.
“First, one of his daughters would have got a job in his place in the department. Second, his widow would have got the pension, which is half the salary. Moreover, the family would have got the funds which dependents of policemen get on the demise of the latter,” he additionally stated.