India, July 24 -- The woman and her lover who allegedly killed and buried her husband in their house in Nalasopara had hired the victim's elder brother to install new tiles atop his burial, the police said.

"I did not know I was burying my own brother," said Ajay Chauhan, 34. After murdering Vijay Chauhan, his wife, Gudiya Devi, also known as Chaman, dug a pit in their house and buried her husband. Gudiya called Ajay a few days ago and told him Vijay had left the house in anger. "She told me the tiles in their house were removed to work on some pipeline and asked me to come over to fix it," said Ajay, a daily wage labourer and the eldest among the four brothers.

According to the police, the murder took place on July 5 or 6. Gudiya had b...