NAVI MUMBAI: NRI coastal police have arrested the wife of developer Manoj Singh, 39, for planning his murder by conniving with her paramour, the developer’s driver-cum-office boy, who had fatally assaulted Singh on his head with an iron rod while Singh waited for a client at his office on Friday night. The motive, as confessed by the developer’s wife Poonam Singh, was to acquire Singh’s property, said police.
DCP (zone-1) Vivek Pansare said Singh was found murdered at his office on Saturday around 11.30am by two of his women staff. “The driver-cum-office boy, Shamsul Khan (22), was the prime suspect,” said Pansare.
On Sunday, when Poonam was detained for inquiry and grilled, she confessed to an illicit relationship with Khan and that she had connived with him to eliminate her husband. “Poonam was not arrested immediately as she was allowed to conduct her husband’s final rites on Sunday evening. Both the accused have been remanded to police custody till January 18,” said Pansare.
DCP (zone-1) Vivek Pansare said Singh was found murdered at his office on Saturday around 11.30am by two of his women staff. “The driver-cum-office boy, Shamsul Khan (22), was the prime suspect,” said Pansare.
On Sunday, when Poonam was detained for inquiry and grilled, she confessed to an illicit relationship with Khan and that she had connived with him to eliminate her husband. “Poonam was not arrested immediately as she was allowed to conduct her husband’s final rites on Sunday evening. Both the accused have been remanded to police custody till January 18,” said Pansare.