New Delhi March 27 (IANS) The body of a Rohini resident has been exumed from a graveyard in west Delhi after his father raised suspicion over the death police said on Tuesday.
Vakil of Begampur was admitted to a hospital in January but died on March 9 due to alleged drug addiction.
After his father Mohammad Hanif lodged a police complaint that his son was not an addict police registered a case and launched an investigation.
Hanif said he suspected his son s wife Najma whom he married in 2007 was involved in Vakil s murder due to her illicit relationship with his nephew Salman a senior police officer said.
The complainant alleged that she and Salman hatched a plan to kill Vakil and regularly served him food laced with drugs following which Vakil s health deteriorated.
During investigation police found that Najma went to stay at her parents house in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh after her husband s death and did not visit her two minor daughters.
"We seized Vakil s mobile phone whose call details record revealed conversations between Najma and Salman regarding the planned crime. The body has been sent for a post-mortem to know the drug misused to poison Vakil slowly. Police is trying to arrest Salman and Najma who are at large " he added.
--IANS
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