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Uttar Pradesh woman, brother held for 'killing' man who blackmailed her

Uttar Pradesh police arrested a woman and her brother for 'killing' man who was blackmailing her. The accused and deceased were having illicit affair.

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Published : Dec 12, 2020, 12:15 PM IST

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh): A woman and her brother were arrested in Gandhi Nagar area here on Friday for allegedly killing a man who was blackmailing her, police said.

Kuldeep Singh, Superintendent of Police, Aligarh City, said that Yashoda Devi had an illicit affair with victim Deepu Kanti, a sanitation worker, who used to allegedly blackmail her with an obscene video.

"Kanti went missing on December 3 after which a complaint was lodged. His body was found in a nullah on December 10, following which we traced Yashoda and her brother Rajkumar. Yashoda, who had an illicit affair with the victim, murdered him because he was blackmailing her with an obscene video," Singh told reporters here.

(ANI)

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