Constable used dept contacts, put wife on surveillance

A day after the arrest of police constable Mahendra Kumar and his wife for the brutal murder of two men in Kakori near here, police sources said Mahendra, 28, had put his wife Ankita, 24, under surveillance with the help of his contacts in the department.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW:

This was how he learnt about the link between his wife and Manoj Lodhi, one of the two men who were murdered, they said.

The police recovered the murder weapon and the mobile phones used in the crime, while Mahendra's two brothers-in-law and a nephew, who were part of the conspiracy, continued to be on the run.

"Mahendra, who is posted in Lakhimpur Kheri, was determined to find out about his wife after growing suspicious of her. He was able to check her call logs and noticed that she often spoke to Manoj during odd hours. This angered him and drove him to come up with a plan to eliminate Manoj," the source added.