Overview
- Police say the ambush was staged during a temple visit on Tuesday when the wife allegedly dropped her handbag at the third hairpin bend to signal attackers.
- Investigators used CCTV, call-detail records and mobile-location data to trace the route, locate the body in a nearby reserve forest and identify four suspects who were arrested.
- Authorities arrested the wife Hasini, her alleged lover Yugandhar and two accomplices and sent them to judicial remand while forensic and technical analysis continues.
- Reports say the couple’s young daughter was near the scene and was taken by the accused on the victim’s motorcycle after the killing, raising child‑welfare concerns.
- Villagers claim Hasini was underage when she married, and police are verifying that claim which could add separate child‑marriage charges; one outlet reported a custodial confession that officials have not independently confirmed.