The CCTVs have captured how a woman and her gym trainer allegedly plotted the attack on her husband in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
Priya and Pratap have been arrested. She was seen driving out in her car. He then allegedly stabbed Shashank while he was sleeping. As Pratap ran out, neighbours who were walking in the area got suspicious and chased him. Later, with the help of two bikers and the society guard, he was caught at the society’s main gate. He was rushed to a hospital, where he is currently undergoing treatment.
The victim, Shashank Kantharia, was allegedly stabbed at least 12 times by Pratap Singh, minutes after his wife, Priya Sharma, left their house in Vasundhara on the morning of October 26. One of the CCTV footages, accessed by NDTV, shows Priya leaving her house at the Jagriti Resident Welfare Association Society in Vasundhara Sector-1, at 5:17 am on October 26. Around 5:20 AM, Pratap was seen running in the society, and heading to her house. The neighbours, however, heard his screams and the couple’s 3-year-old child crying, and rushed out of their homes. Around 5:23 am, Pratap fled the house. Neighbours then discovered Shashank about 20 minutes later at the top floor of the building.
Neighbours said they saw two knives in his hands. Neighbours, however, said that he kept running and told them that nothing has happened. The society where the couple lives requires approval by residents for any outsider to enter, and Priya is said to have facilitated the entry of Pratap inside the house. The police said that Priya also allegedly left the gate unlocked, making it easier for Pratap to entered the house.
Shashank, originally from Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi, married Priya about four years ago. After Shashank left for the office, she would allegedly invite Pratap over. They said Pratap and Priya met while out for a run on the morning of October 25 and discussed killing Shashank.
It was Priya’s second marriage, according to police. Both had a government job, and their families said that they didn’t have any dispute. Priya and Pratap allegedly grew close after she started visited his gym, the “Fitness Headquarters”, the police said. Police said Pratap told them during questioning that the two planned to marry. The police said that Shashank had found out about the relationship and was planning to move to a different location after Diwali in November. The two then made a plan to kill him, police said. Police said Priya would sometimes stay home, saying she was unwell.
