India, Feb. 5 -- What began as a routine hit-and-run investigation in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar has unraveled into a cold-blooded murder allegedly plotted by a woman and her lover, with the victim being led to his death by his own wife.

Ashish Kumar had gone out for an evening walk with his newly wed wife, Anjali, last Friday, unaware that the walk was a carefully orchestrated trap. Minutes later, he lay dead on a deserted road in 01KLM village.

Anjali initially told police that an overspeeding motorcycle had rammed into her husband from behind, killing him on the spot, before the rider robbed her of her gold earring and fled. She claimed she was knocked unconscious during the incident, HT earlier reported.

The story held, briefly.

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