Hyderabad: A bizarre incident of a greedy housewife getting her husband murdered by his driver and portraying it as an accidental death in Vanasthalipuram police limits has come to light here.
According to Vanasthalipuram ACP Gandhi Narayana, deceased Kesya Naik, 43, was working in Postal department and married Kethawat Padma of Thutya thanda in Nalgonda district. As Padma remained barren, Kesya Naik married another women Shailja. Annoyed over her husband’s second marriage, Padma lodged a complaint of harassment in Tripurama police station in Nalgonda. Consequently, Kesya Naik and Padma were living separately since eight years. Three years ago, Kesya Naik bought a car and appointed one Vinod as driver.
Meanwhile, the estranged first wife Padma conspired with Vinod to murder her husband so that she could get the Life Insurance amount and a dependent job in the Postal department. Towards this end, Padma struck a deal with Vinod for Rs 10 lakh and paid Rs 15,000 as advance amount. To execute his murder plan, on August 31, Vinod took Kesya Naik at LB Nagar crossroads at 10pm and went to a bar at Gurramguda. Both consumed liquor till 12.30 am and left the bar. On the way home, Vinod strangulated Kesya Naik, who was fully drunk. To portray the murder as accidental death, Vinod drove the car at 100kmph and rammed the car to a pole. With this, the local gathered and alerted the police.
The ACP said as there were no injuries on the body of Kesya Naik, police suspected foul play and interrogated Vinod in their own style. Vinod blurted the truth. The police registered a case of murder against Padma and Vinod and took them into custody and sent for judicial remand. (NSS)
