LUCKNOW, Aug. 4 -- Mahanagar police have registered a murder case against additional superintendent of police (ASP) Mukesh Pratap Singh, posted with the CB-CID, and four of his family members in connection with the alleged murder of his wife Nitesh Pramod, police officials confirmed.

The FIR, under section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), was lodged on Monday, following a complaint filed three days earlier by the woman's brother, Pramod Kumar, a resident of Nagla Karan Singh in Firozabad. Pramod alleged that his sister was subjected to prolonged physical and mental harassment by Mukesh due to his alleged relationship with a woman living in Ashiyana, Lucknow.

The couple was married in 2012 and had three children. In his complain...