On February 17, 2025, a partially burned body was discovered in a canal field in Bichhawa village, Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. The deceased was identified by family members as 40-year-old Sajid based on his clothing, mobile phone, and footwear. Sajid's family initially alleged that former village Pradhan Bhola Yadav and his associates killed Sajid to prevent him from testifying in an upcoming February 20 court hearing regarding an alleged prior kidnapping and gang-rape of Sajid's wife, Amna. However, police analysis of call detail records (CDR) revealed an extramarital affair between Amna and a local youth named Sumit, a mechanic. According to police, Sajid had learned of the affair, prompting Amna and Sumit to plan his murder. On the night of February 16, 2025, Amna allegedly spiked Sajid's tea with sleeping pills. Once Sajid was semi-conscious, Amna and Sumit took him to a nearby field where Sumit struck him on the head with an iron wrench. They then poured fossil oil over Sajid, placed wood logs over him, and set the body on fire to destroy evidence and frame Bhola Yadav. Police solved the case within 24 hours, recovered the murder weapon and pill packaging, and arrested both Amna and Sumit.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Bichhawa
Incident Type: Murder
Relationship Status: Married
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Incident Date: Feb. 16, 2025
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The incident demonstrates a severe escalation of intimate partner betrayal driven by an extramarital affair and fear of exposure. When Sajid discovered the affair between his wife Amna and neighbor Sumit, the perpetrators conspired to eliminate him. To evade suspicion, they exploited an existing ongoing court dispute between Sajid's family and former village Pradhan Bhola Yadav, designing the crime scene and victim's destruction to redirect law enforcement scrutiny onto Yadav.
Police initially treated the murder as a retaliation crime linked to an upcoming February 20 court hearing involving former village Pradhan Bhola Yadav. However, investigative scrutiny of mobile call detail records (CDR) revealed prolonged, frequent calls between the victim's wife Amna and neighbor Sumit. Forensic searches at the residence yielded sleeping tablet packaging. Police solved the homicide within 24 hours, recovering the iron wrench used as the weapon and arresting both Amna and Sumit.
Initial investigative focus was misdirected by the formal complaint submitted by the victim's family, who believed former Pradhan Bhola Yadav committed the murder to silence Sajid ahead of a court hearing. The staged nature of the crime and the background legal conflict temporarily created a compelling alternative perpetrator narrative until CDR scientific evidence intervened.
Sajid discovered the secret romantic relationship between Amna and Sumit. Fearing exposure, Amna and Sumit planned Sajid's death. On February 16, 2025, Amna served Sajid tea laced with sedative tablets. Once Sajid was incapacitated, Amna called Sumit, and together they moved Sajid to a canal field. Sumit struck Sajid on the head with an iron wrench. They then doused him with fossil oil, stacked logs over his body, and ignited it, leaving his shoes and mobile phone nearby so he could be identified while attributing the crime to Bhola Yadav.
The case involved high lethal potential characterized by deliberate premeditation, chemical incapacitation, physical violence with an iron tool, and post-mortem destruction of evidence by fire. The perpetrators manipulated prior legal disputes to mask their involvement, highlighting extreme moral disengagement and calculation.
Scientific intelligence—specifically Call Detail Records (CDR) and physical search of the marital home—proved crucial in breaking through a falsely presented murder motive. Staging an offense to mimic revenge by a known legal adversary is a key detection-avoidance tactic in intimate partner homicides.
Sajid catching wind of the secret relationship between his wife Amna and neighbor Sumit served as the primary trigger that prompted the perpetrators to plan his murder.
Frequent and lengthy telephone communication uncovered through CDR analysis between Amna and Sumit raised initial police suspicion and led directly to solving the crime.
Key evidence included Call Detail Records (CDR) linking Amna and Sumit, recovered packaging of sleeping pills from the home, a plastic bottle used for fossil oil, and the iron wrench used as the bludgeoning weapon.
Sajid's father stated to news reporters that his son had been completely burned with only one leg left, initially asserting that former Pradhan Bhola Yadav had ordered or carried out the killing due to an ongoing court dispute.
Initial reports indicated Sajid was killed by Bhola Yadav over a court case, but follow-up police investigation within 24 hours revealed his wife Amna and her lover Sumit had committed the murder.
The precise details of how Sajid discovered the affair prior to his murder remain unelaborated in the source text.