Jaisalmer, July 22: A woman here has confessed to have murdered her husband with the help of her lover and dumped his body in the nearby canal, police said today.
The woman Kelam alongwith her lover Chokharam killed her husband Gulabram some three months ago, they said.
Gulabram’s brother, Hemaram, had lodged an FIR with Jodhpur police station on July 10 saying that Gulabram was missing since April 29, and alleged that Kelam was staying with another person at Jaisalmer.
On this, police interrogated Kelam and Chokaram who confessed to have murdered Gulabram.
Earlier, the city police had recovered a dead body of an unidentified person from canal area in the district, which was later buried.
Now, a DNA test would be conducted on the body to verify whether the victim was Gulabram, the police said.
Both the accused have been arrested, they said.
–PTI