Retd railway man held for killing live-in partner, burning body

Late on Sunday night, the trio was booked under sections 103(1), 238(a), 61(2)(a) of the BNS and held after the complaint of the deceased’s first husband, Rajkumar Raikwar. The police will also get the DNA test of the woman’s mortal remains conducted, said SSP (Jhansi) BBGTS Murthy.

Ram Singh Parihar, 63, who retired as a senior technician from Indian Railways in 2022, had two wives, both named Geeta. While the first one was living in Jhansi’s Nandanpura, the second one was living near Saiyar Gate. Singh had met the deceased, Preeti Raikwar, 32, around a decade ago. She was already married, having three children, and used to live in Dely village, said the SSP.

Singh and Preeti used to meet frequently and later on started living together in a rented house in Lehar Gaon area. As per the admission of the main accused, Preeti had started asking for money frequently and quarrelled if it was not given to her. She had allegedly started meeting a retired army personnel who was owner of a beauty salon.