In Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, bike-taxi driver Yogesh was allegedly murdered in a pre-planned lure orchestrated by his wife, Pooja, and her boyfriend, Ashish, assisted by two accomplices. Pooja had been in a secret three-year relationship with Ashish, who was significantly younger. When Yogesh discovered the affair and refused to grant a divorce or relinquish his house, Pooja allegedly feigned reconciliation following Karva Chauth. She asked Yogesh to pick her up near a highway location close to Saraswati Medical College in Hapur. Upon arrival, Yogesh was ambushed by Pooja, Ashish, and Ashish's friends, Praveen and Chandrapal, who attacked him with paper cutters and killed him in nearby woods. Pooja subsequently filed a missing person report and staged grief to divert suspicion. Twenty days later, local residents in Pilkhwa discovered Yogesh's decomposed remains. Police traced suspicious call records connecting an unknown phone number to Yogesh, Pooja, and Ashish, leading to the arrest and full confession of the suspects.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Ghaziabad
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Married
Relationship Duration: Approximately 3 years (affair)
Incident Date: None
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
Wife Killed husband: बेवफ़ा बीवी के चक्कर में करवाचौथ से पहले एक और पति मारा गया | Ghaziabad
Infidelity
The case reflects a fatal escalation of long-term spousal infidelity combined with property interest and marital conflict. The perpetrator maintained an illicit relationship for three years while attempting to secure sole possession of marital assets through divorce. When the victim refused to grant a divorce, the perpetrator feigned emotional reconciliation to lure the victim into a remote ambush spot, coordinating with her partner and outside accomplices to eliminate the spouse.
Police solved the homicide after recovering Yogesh's decomposed body in Pilkhwa 20 days after his disappearance. Analysis of call detail records (CDRs) revealed an unknown number contacting Yogesh on the day he vanished, which was subsequently linked directly to calls made to Pooja and her boyfriend Ashish. Under interrogation, both admitted to luring Yogesh near Saraswati Medical College, where Ashish, Praveen, and Chandrapal slit his throat with paper cutters and pursued him into nearby woods to finish the killing.
Initial delays occurred because police treating missing adult reports generally do not prioritize rapid location searches. In addition, Pooja performed elaborate public grieving and filed missing person inquiries to portray herself as a concerned spouse and misdirect investigators.
Pooja left for her parental home before Karva Chauth and celebrated the festival via video call. A day later, she instructed Yogesh to collect her along the highway near Saraswati Medical College. When Yogesh arrived, he was confronted by Pooja and Ashish. Following an argument, Ashish and his friends attacked Yogesh with paper cutters. Yogesh attempted to flee into the forest but was pursued and killed, after which his body was abandoned in the bushes.
High risk manifested through secret extramarital involvement, escalating marital disputes over property, explicit requests for separation met with refusal, and deceptive posturing of affection to facilitate a targeted fatal ambush.
Faked emotional reconciliation following acute marital conflict can serve as a lure for premeditated violent entrapment. Rigorous cross-referencing of communication logs and tower locations remains critical in uncovering deceptive staging by family members.
Yogesh had previously discovered Pooja's secret affair, warned her to break off contact, and confided his concerns to his brother prior to his sudden disappearance.
An unknown phone number was detected making a call to Yogesh on the day he disappeared; call detail analysis matched that same line to communications with Pooja and Ashish.
Key evidence included Yogesh's decomposed remains bearing severe neck incisions, paper cutter blades used in the attack, and matching cell tower location logs linking the suspects to the crime scene.
Yogesh's brother, Brijpal Singh, reported Yogesh missing and explicitly informed police of his suspicions regarding Pooja's extramarital relationship. Local villagers alerted authorities after noticing stray dogs and human flesh near highway bushes.
The case transitioned from a standard missing person inquiry into a premeditated homicide investigation after the discovery of the body and subsequent forensic analysis of incoming phone logs.
The report does not detail the formal judicial trial proceedings, final legal sentencing, or long-term custody arrangements for the couple's two minor sons.