Engineer's murder: Wife wanted divorce, planned killing, says police

The wife of an engineer, who was found dead with gun shot injuries inside his car two days ago in Greater Noida, has been booked for planning his killing and three persons arrested, police said Wednesday.

The body of Rupendra Singh Chandel was found inside his hatchback car under mysterious circumstances on April 28 near Gaur City, they said.

A case was registered at the Bisrakh police station against unidentified persons and probe taken up, a senior official said.

"During probe, it emerged that Chandel's wife had planned the killing. She had an illicit relationship with Omvir Singh and wanted to eliminate her husband. Omvir had roped in two other men for the job,"Krishna told reporters.

Singh was arrested on Wednesday from the Tigri roundabout along with his two aides Sumit Kumar and Bhoole.

The 0.32 bore pistol used in the crime has been recovered, he said.

The officer said Amrita Chandel wanted a divorce from her husband, but he was reluctant to do so. This led her to plan his ...