By Abhishek Verma: A doctor has been arrested for killing his wife, performing her last rites with his father before filing a missing complaint to mislead the police and hide his crime in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur.
The accused, identified as Dr Ashutosh Awasthi, and his father, Gauri Shankar Awasthi, hatched a plan to hide the crime. Ashutosh’s wife, named Vandana Shukla, died because of a head injury during a fight.
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Ashutosh and Vandana got married in 2014 and have been running their hospital on Sitapur Road in Lakhimpur. In an unfortunate accident, Ashutosh’s back was affected in 2018, which put a strain on his relationship with his wife.
They both started fighting a lot. They had twins after a few years but it did not solve their issues.
FULL PROOF PLAN TO HIDE THE CRIME
On November 26, they had a huge fight during which Vandana was severely beaten by her husband. Due to a head injury, she died on the spot. Ashutosh immediately informed his father, who hatched the plan to hide the crime.
They kept Vandana’s body in a box and took it to their hospital. They called an ambulance and asked the driver to take them to Garh Mukteshwar for the last rites of his wife.
He said that she had died in a road accident and they didn’t want to have a post-mortem done.
Talking to India Today, the driver of the ambulance, Akhtar, said,”I got a pick-up call from two men in the morning. I saw blood on the head of the deceased so I asked them what happened. They told me that there had been an accident and said that post-mortem is not required.”
“They told me that other relatives would meet them at Pilbhit. When we reached Pilbhit, I asked them to call the other relatives, to which they said that they would meet us at Garh Mukteshwar,” the driver added.
MISSING COMPLAINT FILED
After performing the last rites, they filed a missing complaint at Sadar Kotwali police station. The police started the investigation and based on the call details of Ashutosh and his father, they tracked their locations for the past few days and started the interrogation.
They got to know about all the locations where the father-son duo had gone. The police also asked the neighbour and other relatives about the incident.
ACCUSED ARRESTED
Based on all the evidence and information, the police filed an FIR and arrested them.
Lakhimpur Kheri district’s Additional SP Arun Kumar Singh said that a woman doctor was beaten to death in her house by her husband and her father-in-law hatched a plan to silently hide the crime and perform the last rites.
They cremated the body and filed a missing person report at the police station. Now, both the accused have been arrested. Further details are awaited.
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