HYDERABAD: Three persons were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a lorry driver whose body was found in a car at Hayathnagar on Saturday.
The arrested accused include the victim’s wife and her paramour.
Rachakonda police said that the victim, Mohammed Mustaq Patel,46, suspected his wife, Firdous Begum, of having an illicit relationship with a distant relative, Mohammed Hameed Patel, and was ill-treating her.
The police said that the victim’s wife and his relative had conspired to eliminate the lorry driver.
The third accused, Syed Nayab, assisted the other two accused in purchasing the knife and chill powder, which were used in murder. The accused were nabbed based on the details given by the victim’s family members.
Police seized a rod and knife from the possession of the accused.
