Woman, her lover among four arrested for husband’s murder in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar

A 23-year-old woman allegedly orchestrated the murder of her husband, just three months after their marriage, by conspiring with her long-time boyfriend and two accomplices in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar, police said on Thursday (February 5, 2026).

The accused wife, Anjali (23), her lover Sanjay (25), and his friends Rohit (20) and Siddharth (20) were arrested on Tuesday (February 3, 2026), Sri Ganganagar Superintendent of Police (SP) Amrita Duhan said.

The incident occurred on the night of January 30 when Ashish Kumar (27), a resident of 1 KLM village in the Rawla area, went for his daily walk with his wife after dinner.

He was allegedly attacked with sticks on a deserted stretch of the road near the village, and later strangled with a muffler when he did not succumb immediately, the SP said.

What initially appeared to be a case of robbery and murder was later found to be a pre-planned murder, Mr. Duhan said.

Anjali had been in a relationship with Sanjay for the past six to seven years and was unhappy with her arranged marriage to Ashish on October 30 last year, the police said. Her family was aware of the affair, they added.

Her Uncle, Mr. Ravi, said, “If we had known that a child from our family would turn out to be like this, we would have never allowed Anjali to take such a step. We would rather have died than let her marry. They should just be hanged.” The woman and Sanjay studied at the same college in Sri Ganganagar, where their relationship developed.

After marriage, she allegedly wanted to pursue an MA in Sri Ganganagar to continue meeting Sanjay, but her husband opposed it, leading to resentment, the police said.

According to police, she had told her lover about the opposition from her husband.

Investigations revealed that 16 days before the murder, Anjali visited her parental home in Sadulshahar, where she and Sanjay allegedly finalised the plan to kill her husband. Ashish had joined as a private school teacher just three days before his death, police said.

"On the fateful night, after dinner, Anjali took Ashish for a walk. She alerted Sanjay, who arrived with his accomplices and hid in nearby bushes. When she signalled, the three assaulted her husband with sticks, rendering him unconscious, and then strangled him," Circle Officer Prashant Kaushik said.

Then, to frame the murder as robbery, Anjali handed over Ashish's mobile phone and her earrings to the accused, the police said, adding that she pretended to be unconscious near the spot.

"Upon receiving information around 9 p.m. about the incident, the police rushed them to Rawla Community Health Centre, where doctors declared Ashish dead," he said.

Suspicion arose during questioning and detailed investigation, including analysis of call details and the post-mortem report, exposed the conspiracy, the police said.