Pokhran: A man was allegedly murdered by his wife as she hit him with a stone after administering a heavy dose of sleeping pills, police said.
The woman, the police said, accepted that she along with her lover and mother had planned the crime. All three have been arrested, they added. The incident took place in Madhopur village of Sankra region in the district on the intervening night of 17 and 18 October.
On Sunday morning, when the family members woke up they found Kosla Ram lying dead on his bed with lots of blood around. They informed the police and as the officials interrogated the deceased's wife she told them the entire story.
It was learnt that the woman tried to hang the body with the ceiling fan to make it look like a suicide but she couldn't do it as the body was heavy.
A case of murder has been registered and further probe is on, the police added.
