2 contract killers accused of killing woman in Navi Mumbai arrested from UP
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested two people wanted in the murder of a woman in Navi Mumbai. The accused, Sukhpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh, both residents of Haryana, have been on the run since the murder.Based on a tip-off, a joint team of the Noida unit of UP STF and Navi Mumbai police conducted the operation and both the accused were arrested.advertisementDuring interrogation, Sukhpreet told officials that he wanted to become a model and went to Mumbai in 2022 with his cousin Gurpreet. There he came across a woman running a salon. It was at the behest of this woman that the cousins hatched a conspiracy to kill the victim for Rs 5 lakh.
It has also been revealed that the contract for the murder was given to the brothers by none other than the deceased woman's husband, Kishore Singh.The accused first did a recce and ordered weapons online before killing the woman by slitting her throat on the night of May 18.Must Watch
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