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Wife, Lover Arrested for Brutal Murder of Labourer in Dehradun
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News18•04-10-2026, 18:45
Wife, Lover Arrested for Brutal Murder of Labourer in Dehradun
- •Meena Devi and Lallan Sharma arrested for allegedly killing Madan Mukhiya, a labourer from Bihar, in Dehradun.
- •Mukhiya was reportedly stabbed in the neck and his body dumped in a ravine in Manduwala forests.
- •Police recovered the body after landlord Surendra Singh filed a complaint, leading to a murder investigation.
- •CCTV footage and local intelligence helped police trace and arrest Sharma, who confessed to the crime with Meena.
- •Sharma, a fellow labourer, had a two-to-three-year relationship with Meena; they conspired to kill Mukhiya after he discovered their affair.
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Police arrested Meena Devi and her purported lover, Lallan Sharma, both natives of Bihar's Saharsa district, for allegedly killing Madan Mukhiya.
Meena Devi took Mukhiya to a forest near a college under the pretext of having a drink, and after he became heavily intoxicated, she and Lallan Sharma attacked him with a knife before dumping his body in a ravine.
The victim's body was recovered with injuries on his neck, and police successfully traced Sharma by examining CCTV footage from the crime scene and surrounding routes alongside inputs from local informants.
