Rajasthan: Wife Arrested After Husband's Death, Police Discover Murder Plot With Alleged Lover

Rajasthan police on Wednesday, August 19, arrested a 23-year-old woman, Kavita, and her her purported lover for allegedly poisoning the woman’s husband with Celphos and then trying to pass off his death as natural. The husband’s death had initially appeared to have died of sudden illness.

Police discovered the shocking truth while questioning the young woman when she gave contradictory statements. DCP West district of Jaipur Prashant Kiran said the case began to unravel after investigators found inconsistencies in the woman’s account of what happened on Aug 5, when she had taken her husband on the pretext of getting medicines to VKI.

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The 27-year-old husband, Mahesh Meena, raised doubts over the circumstances of his death, leading to a detailed probe. The investigators reconstructed the couple’s movements through CCTV footage. Police found that Kavita had taken Mahesh to Boraj in Chaksu and later to Nainath Dham in Bassi.

It showed Kavita had taken Mahesh to Boraj in Chaksu and later to Nainath Dham in Bassi instead.According to police, Kavita allegedly mixed Celphos tablets in juice and made Mahesh drink it. When his condition worsened, she allegedly called Ganesh, who joined them. The two then put Mahesh on a motorcycle and headed toward Road No. 14. To avoid suspicion, Kavita also called Mahesh’s brother Manish and asked him to meet near the No. 14 flyover. Mahesh was later taken to a private hospital on Sikar Road, where doctors declared him dead.

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The case initially looked like a sudden death. It was only after Mahesh’s father Babulal Meena approached police with a complaint on August 16 that officers began a fresh probe. The family told police something was not right and urged them to look beyond the surface. The investigation got tougher because Celphos did not show up in the initial post-mortem. Police then relied on CCTV footage, a reconstruction of the suspects’ movements, and psychological questioning.

Kavita and Ganesh allegedly gave contradictory versions of what happened on the day Mahesh died during the interrogation, helping police to burst the crime plot.