Overview
- Haseena Begum, 30, and Abdul Salam, 20, were taken into custody in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, after the death of Begum’s husband, Zakir Ali, 35.
- Hindustan Times and PTI report police say the pair had a nearly two-year relationship that Zakir opposed, which investigators believe was the motive.
- According to police, Zakir was strangled with a dupatta as he slept on October 24, then moved to the verandah, where his throat was slit with a knife.
- Officers say Begum first accused relatives Asif Ali, Rozan, and Nafees over an alleged ancestral land dispute, but on-site evidence and informant leads shifted the probe.
- Investigators report recovering the knife, the dupatta, blood-stained clothing, and phones, and a Rs 20,000 reward was announced for the police team; the case remains under investigation.