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Wife and Lover Arrested for Murdering Husband in Jharkhand
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News18•19-10-2026, 18:30
Wife and Lover Arrested for Murdering Husband in Jharkhand
- •A woman and her lover were arrested and a minor was detained for the murder of 30-year-old Manglesh Pal in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district.
- •The victim, a data entry operator at Central Coalfields Ltd, was hacked to death at his residence on Saturday.
- •Police stated that the victim's wife Sonali Kumari conspired with her lover Kaushik Kumar Nauniya to secure a job and marry him.
- •The attackers staged the crime scene to look like a robbery by holding the wife hostage before killing the husband with sharp weapons.
- •Authorities recovered two sharp-edged weapons, mobile phones, and blood-stained clothes based on information from the accused.
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Manglesh Pal's 23-year-old wife, Sonali Kumari, and her lover, Kaushik Kumar Nauniya, were arrested, while a minor boy was detained in connection with the murder.
According to police, Pal's wife Sonali Kumari wanted to first secure her husband's job at a Central Coalfields Ltd project site and then marry her lover, Kaushik Kumar Nauniya, prompting them to conspire and kill him.
The lover and an associate allegedly entered the house, held the wife hostage, and attacked the victim with a sharp-edged weapon to make the crime appear like a robbery.