India, Dec. 8 -- LUCKNOW The state capital was shaken on Monday when the body of a 33-year-old engineering executive was found in a house in Green City, located in Salarjung village, under the jurisdiction of the BBD police station. The murder came to fore after the man's live-in partner, Ratna, aged 46, called the police to confess to the crime.

According to police, the woman had spent nearly 10 hours in the house with the body of Surya Pratap Singh before contacting the authorities around 9am. She was arrested and the events leading up to the killing were being probed.

"The victim, Surya Pratap Singh, originally from Deoria, worked as an executive engineer with a private electrical appliances company. He had been living with Ratna and...