Jaisalmer: Father kills son following affair with daughter-in-law

A shocking incident has come to light from West Rajasthan in Jaisalmer district.

A man who was having an affair with his daughter-in-law electrocuted his son to death in Aaskandra village under Nachna police station area. The deceased’s wife was also an accomplice in the crime, police said.

Both the accused were arrested on Wednesday after police were able to crack the murder committed 15 days ago.

According to police, the deceased Heera Lal was given lemon juice laced with sleeping pills in the night and the accused Mukesh Kumar and Heera Lal’s wife Parle electrocuted him in sleep on April 25.

The last rites were done in haste the next morning. SP Ajay Singh said, on May 6, Bhomraj, a resident of Aaskandra filed a report stating that his younger brother Heera Lal died on April 25 and was buried on April 26.

A cousin of the complainant took pictures of Heera Lal’s body. Bhomraj found burn injuries on the body of the deceased on which he got suspicious.

The case was lodged on May 6 under Sections 302, 201 and 120B. The body was exhumed and police analysed circumstantial evidence and suspected Heera Lal’s wife Parle.

When the investigating officer intensively inquired Parle, she confessed to her crime.

She said Heera Lal was unemployed an alcoholic and often used to fight with her due to which she had got into an illicit affair with her father-in-law.

Police have arrested Mukesh Kumar and Parle.