Varanasi : The police on Sunday claimed to have worked out Nivedita Singh murder case and arrested five accused including her husband. They were booked under sections 302, 120B, 147, 149, and 34 of IPC.
According to reports, Nivedita, a teacher, was slain by some sharp edge weapon at her residence at Narittampur in Lanka police station area on August 11/12 night.
Varanasi SSP Anand Kulkarni told reporters that during investigation the involvement of her husband Shailendra Singh came to light. The police succeeded in nabbing the accused on Sunday. The arrested persons are Shailendra, his second wife Kajal Singh, their friends Rajesh Raikwar and Geeta Raikwar, and the contract killer Shubham Parihar alias Shiva.
During interrogation Shailendra revealed that he was not happy with his wife. He moved to Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), where he married with Kajal. He wanted divorce from Nivedita, but she was not ready for it. Finally he decided to eliminate her for which her hired the contract killer Shivganga with the help of Rajesh and Geeta. He had promised to pay Rs. Five lakh for the killing.
