- By Priyanka Koul
- Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:11 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
In a disturbing case from Jivana Guliyan village, a 35-year-old man named Sonu was allegedly drugged and strangled to death by his wife and mother-in-law over a property dispute. Police arrested the two women on Tuesday in connection with the crime.
Sonu's body was discovered on Sunday morning, prompting his brother to lodge a formal complaint. Following this, a case was registered against seven individuals, and an investigation was launched, said Binouli police station in-charge Rakesh Kumar Sharma.
During the probe, it emerged that Sonu had an ongoing property conflict with his mother-in-law. Under interrogation, both Sonu’s wife Sonia and her mother Saroj confessed to the murder, Sharma confirmed.
Police said Sonia revealed that her mother had purchased a plot for Rs 3 lakh some time ago, which has now appreciated to nearly Rs 30 lakh. Saroj, who lived with Sonia, was reportedly at the centre of the dispute with Sonu.
Sonu had been pressuring his mother-in-law to transfer the property into his name, police said, adding that Sonia claimed Sonu had secretly filmed her mother bathing and used the video to threaten that he would make it public if the plot was not transferred to him.
Troubled by the threats, the mother and daughter planned his murder, and on Saturday evening, they allegedly mixed sleeping pills in milk and gave it to Sonu.When he fell into deep sleep, they strangled him with a rope and tried to pass it off as suicide by hanging the body, breaking his mobile phone and hiding it in a straw-filled room, police said.
They later performed his last rites.
Sharma said both accused women were produced in court on Tuesday and were sent to judicial custody.
( With PTI Inputs )