Woman got married to gym trainer after husband's death, mystery unfolded after three years

CHANDIGARH: A woman marrying another man after the death of her husband doesn't sound unusual. Likewise, Nidhi married Sumit, a gym trainer, after the death of her first husband Vinod, a native of Panipat, who died three years ago and no one felt anything unusual. But a WhatsApp message received by the police led to the revelation that Vinod's death was a murder and his wife was the one behind hiring a killer.

Vinod, who ran a computer institute, lived in Panipat with his wife. Nidhi, who used to go to the gym regularly, befriended Sumit, the trainer, and later fell in love. Vinod soon came to know about his wife's affair and made constant troubles due to it. Unwilling to give up her relationship with Sumit, Nidhi planned with her paramour to eliminate Vinod.

NIdhi gave contract to Dev Sunar, a native of Punjab, to kill her husband at Rs 10 lakh by crushing him under his truck. Although Vinod was seriously injured in the accident, he escaped death. This assassination attempt was in 2021. Nidhi again approached Dev Sunar and asked him to shoot and kill Vinod. After this, Sunar barged into Vinod's house and shot him dead.

Later, Sunar was arrested and he confessed to the crime. Sunar told the police that he killed Vinod after he refused to settle the legal proceedings in an earlier accident out of court. After Sunar was in jail, Nidhi and Sumit took care of his family members and lawyer's fees.

After her husband's death, Nidhi sent her daughter to her relative in Australia. This made Vinod's family suspicious. Three years later, a WhatsApp message arrived on Panipat SP Ajit Singh Shekhawat's phone. The message was that Sunar was not the only culprit and some others were also involved in the murder conspiracy. The message was sent by Vinod's brother Pramod.

Following this, the police formed a special team and started investigating Sunar's call details. Police found that Sunar was in constant contact with Sumit. The police found that Sumit called Vinod's wife Nidhi several times, some of which lasted for hours. Sumit was then taken into police custody and during interrogation, he admitted that he had killed Vinod on the instructions of Nidhi. Then the police arrested Nidhi.