Three lynched after wife kills husband with lover in Jharkhand

Three persons, including one woman, were lynched after the woman allegedly killed her husband along with her lover in Jharkhand's Gumla district. The police have launched an operation to arrest the people involved in the lynchings.

Gumla (Jharkhand): A woman along with her "lover" and another man allegedly killed her husband in Jharkhand's Gumla district, following which angry villagers thrashed the trio to death with sticks.

The incident, which triggered tension in Deragdih village in the Raidih police station area, took place on Monday night, police said.

Police reached the village on Tuesday morning after being informed about the incident and sent the bodies for post-mortem to the Sadar Hospital, they said.

Nilam Kujur, 40, was having an affair with Sandeep Dungdung, said Superintendent of Police Hardeep P Janardan.

Nilam hatched a plan to kill her husband Mariyanus and asked Sandeep along with another man, Prakash Kullu, to come to their house on Monday night, he said.

They drank and ate till late in the night, following which the two men strangulated Mariyanus to death, he added.

On hearing the cries and screams of the couple's children, Mariyanus's younger brother came to the house and called the villagers, police said.

The two men tried to flee but as the villagers gathered in front of the house, they took shelter in the cowshed, they said.

The villagers got hold of them and beat them to death with sticks, Janardan said.

They then thrashed the woman, following which she also died at the spot, he said.

Police said that they are further investigating the case.

(With inputs from PTI)