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Chhatarpur Woman Murder: Husband and Accomplice in Custody, CCTV Footage Key
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News18•02-10-2026, 21:33
Chhatarpur Woman Murder: Husband and Accomplice in Custody, CCTV Footage Key
- •Jyoti Chaurasia was fatally stabbed in Amaltas Colony, Chhatarpur.
- •CCTV footage shows two youths on a motorcycle attacking the woman with a knife.
- •Police arrested the main accused, husband Lakhan Joshi, and accomplice Sonu Kushwaha from Srinagar, Uttar Pradesh.
- •A long-standing dispute over children between the couple led to the murder; the deceased refused to give the children to her husband.
- •Police safely rescued two children from the woman's house and are intensively interrogating the accused to investigate other aspects of the murder.
Key Questions Answered
According to police, a long-standing dispute between the husband and wife over custody of their two children led to the incident, as the deceased was not willing to give the children to her husband Lakhan Joshi. Consequently, the husband along with an accomplice allegedly stabbed her to death.
The Civil Line police station took the main accused husband, Lakhan Joshi, and his accomplice, Sonu Kushwaha, into custody from Srinagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Police utilized CCTV footage of the incident, which showed two youths on a motorcycle attacking the woman with a knife. Authorities used this crucial footage and scanned nearby camera recordings to identify the route taken by the accused and track them down.
