Ahmedabad, May 18 (PTI) An accidental death case of a man filed in Gujarat's Surendranagar district last year has turned out to be a planned murder with the arrest of two people, including the wife of the victim, seven months after the crime, police said on Monday.
Based on human intelligence and technical probe, police made the arrests and found that the woman allegedly planned the murder of her husband with the help of her lover.
Based on reliable information regarding the suspicious disappearance and subsequent death of the man, Shantigiri Goswami, in October 2025, the Ahmedabad crime branch launched an investigation and arrested the victim's wife Jagrutiben and co-conspirator Kantilal Sabariya, police said.
The victim's body was recovered from near a canal in Surendranagar district and the case was initially treated as an accidental death, they said.
"Upon continuous verification and interrogation, it was revealed that accused Jagrutiben had allegedly developed close relations with co-accused Kantilal over a prolonged period. Preliminary investigation indicates that persistent domestic disputes and personal conflicts led the accused persons to allegedly conspire against the deceased," an official release said.
Jagrutiben had first contacted a man named Yunus Memon and offered him money to eliminate her husband, but the latter cheated her of Rs 25,000 by faking Goswami 's death, the police said.
Sabariya allegedly played an active role in the commission of the murder as well as subsequent destruction of evidence, while Jagrutiben facilitated and participated in the criminal conspiracy and concealment of the offence, according to the release.
"The accused persons allegedly attempted to suppress the truth by projecting that the deceased had voluntarily left home and by avoiding filing any formal complaint regarding his disappearance," it said.