A 46-year-old woman allegedly slit the throat of her 35-year-old live-in partner, who was an engineer, in Lucknow’s Green City area.
According to police, Ratna and her two daughters had murdered Surya Pratap after a heated argument over his “inappropriate intentions” toward her elder daughter.
The daughters are aged 17 and 14.
Police said that the woman remained in the house for nearly 10 hours after the murder before calling the police and confessing.
The two minors were also in the house.
The police team found the man lying in a pool of blood after they rushed to the house.
During interrogation, the woman said that her partner was “eyeing” her elder daughter for several days and that he even tried to molest her. His behaviour led to frequent arguments between them.
On Sunday, the woman slit the man’s throat using a kitchen knife with the help of her daughters.
The forensic team recovered the weapon from the crime scene.
The deceased man, who was from Deoria, worked as an engineer in a private firm. In 2012, he had tutored the woman’s daughters. After the woman’s husband died in 2014, the two began a relationship despite the opposition from both families.
An FIR was filed under charges of murder against the woman and the teens, based on a complaint by the engineer’s father, Narendra Singh. The father also said that the woman and his daughter were "financially exploiting" his son and misleading him.
DCP East Shashank Singh said that the woman was arrested and booked for murder, and her minor daughter was detained.
Police are probing the case from multiple angles. There are also speculations that the couple fought over property and money based on the father's allegations. Local residents however believe that the man had behaved inappropriately with Ratna's daughters and even engaged in physical assault according to the Daily Jagran. Police are yet to confirm the motivation for the killing.