Married man kills live-in partner and burns her body in Haryana: Police

Further investigation is underway, say officers (representative)

Sonipat:

A married businessman was arrested for stabbing his live-in partner and college sweetheart in Haryana’s Sonipat and setting her body on fire over a domestic dispute, police said on Sunday.

Upkar killed Sarita, who had been living with him for six years after separating from her husband, at Rishi Colony in Civil Lines area on October 25 and burnt the entire house to make it look like a fire accident, police said.

“Upkar’s wife was aware of his live-in relationship, while Sarita had divorced her husband whom she married in 2004. Both lived as ‘husband-wife’ for six years,” said Manish Kumar, Crime Unit, Ganaur.

Upkar, a resident of Vishnu Nagar, Yamunanagar, fell into the police net after the forensic examination of the body of Sarita, originally a resident of Punjab’s Zirakpur who taught at a college here, revealed murder due to stabbings before burns.

A court has granted police custody of Upkar for two days, during which he will be interrogated and taken to the crime scene, an investigator said.

The layers on the crime started peeling back after Sarita’s brother from Punjab, Trishla, filed a complaint with the Civil Lines police station in Sonipat.

In his complaint, Trishla said Sarita had divorced her husband, Kapil, with whom she had a daughter and had started living with Upkar in Sonipat in 2018, but they often argued.

The victim’s brother alleged in his complaint that Sarita told him that Upkar had called her on October 20 and demanded money.

Trishla’s complaint stated that on October 25, he received a call from his sister saying Upkar was trying to strangle her, but the phone went silent shortly after.

Later, Trishla received information that Sarita’s house caught fire the same night and she died in the fire.

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