Bihar woman, reportedly killed for dowry, found living with lover; husband in jail
Pinki was found living with her lover, while her husband was in jail, convicted of her murder.
A twenty-five-year old Bihar woman, who was reportedly killed by her husband for dowry in 2015, has been found in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, living with her lover. Her husband, convicted for murder, is still in jail.
Muzaffarpur resident Pinki married Manoj Sharma in 2015 and within months of her marriage, she mysteriously went missing. Her parents lodged a dowry harassment complaint against Manoj and alleged he had killed their daughter.
Few weeks later, an unidentified decomposed body of a woman was recovered from the Saraia Police station area in Muzaffarpur. Pinky's parents identified her as their daughter. Manoj was thereafter arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. He is presently lodged in jail.
"Family members of Manoj Sharma got a call from one of their acquaintances a few weeks back and he told them that he had seen Pinki staying with a man in the Cant area in Jabalpur. Immediate family members of Manoj Sharma thereafter went to Jabalpur and after identifying Pinki informed us," Araiya Police Station Assistant Sub Inspector Shatrughan Sharma told India Today.
According to Bihar police, Pinki had an affair with Mayur Malik before she was married to Manoj Sharma, against her wishes. Malik and Pinki ran away from Mujjafarfur in 2015 and started staying together in the cant area of Jabalpur. The two are now being taken to Bihar.
Jabalpur police fears that more people could be involved in the conspiracy that framed Manoj for murder.
"The Bihar police will first prove in court that Pinki is alive and seek relief for the man who has been fraudulently booked for a murder that never happened. A case of craminal conspiracy would be booked against all those are involved in the conspiracy including those who identified the decomposed body of a woman as that of Pinki," SHO Cantt Police station Manjeet Singh said.