‘Together We Can…': Delhi Woman's Message To Lover During Husband's Murder

News18

a day ago

What's The Case?
The victim, identified as Karan Dev, was admitted to the Mata Rooprani Maggo Hospital on July 13 by his wife, Sushmita, who claimed that he suffered an accidental electric shock.
Karan was declared dead, and his family waived off a post-mortem as they believed it was an accident, as reported by NDTV.
However, the police insisted on an autopsy given the victim's relatively young age and the circumstances of his death, though Sushmita and his alleged lover–Karan's parental cousin, Rahul, objected. Later, the body was sent to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in Harinagar for post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, Three days after the incident, the victim's younger brother, Kunal told police about his suspicions that Karan was murdered by his wife and their cousin. . He even provided evidence of an Instagram chat between Sushmita and Rahul, in which they had discussed the murder plan.
Chats Revealed
As per the chats accessed by the news outlet, the duo allegedly mixed 15 sleeping pills in his dinner on the night of July 12 and waited till he was unconscious. The messages also revealed that the couple had Googled the time it would take for the sleeping pills to cause death.
As Karan lay unconscious yet still alive, his wife casually informed her lover that she felt like taking a nap. However when the drugs failed to take immediate effect, Sushmita grew anxious.
'Check once how long it does it takes to die after taking the medicine. It's been three hours since he ate food. No vomiting. And no death yet either. Then what should we do, suggest something," she texted Rahul as per the NDTV report.
Rahul replied, 'If you can't figure anything out, give him a shock."
The conversation continued, with Sushmita asking, 'How to tie him up for the shock?"
Rahul said, 'With tape."
Sushmita texted, 'He's breathing very slowly."
Rahul replied, 'Give him all the medicine you have."
Sushmita messaged, 'I can't get his mouth open. I can pour water in, but I can't give the medicine. You come here, maybe together we can manage to feed it to him."
Duo Confessed To Crime
As per the police, the accused administered the electric shock to the victim in an attempt to stage the scene as an accidental death. Following the murder, Sushmita reportedly went to her in-laws' house to inform them about the accident. The family rushed to the flat and transported him to the hospital, where he was declared dead.
After the chats came to the police's notice, the duo were taken into custody.