Love Turns Lethal: Woman Arrested for Paramour's Murder

A 44-year-old woman has been apprehended in Jaipur for allegedly murdering her lover and attempting to stage it as a suicide, Mumbai police reported on Wednesday.

Barkat Rathod, a married woman, was charged after she killed businessman Imamuddin Mansuri in Malad East, Mumbai, and tried to mislead his family and police with a false suicide message. The two had been in a relationship until their families intervened.

Investigation revealed Mansuri was poisoned and strangled. Technical evidence led police to arrest Rathod on Tuesday, and she faces murder charges under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

(With inputs from agencies.)