'Affair, snakebite, Rs 20L insurance': How UP woman, lover plotted husband's murder

A woman and her lover were arrested for a planned murder to claim insurance money. They sedated the husband and released a poisonous snake in his blanket. The snakebite killed the man, and the wife initially claimed it was an accident. Investigators found evidence of repeated calls and pictures of a snake. Both confessed to orchestrating the crime with snake charmers for financial gain.

By SANDEEP RAI