Meerut, Oct. 15 -- In a dramatic revelation from Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, police have uncovered a shocking conspiracy in which a man orchestrated a gun attack on his own wife with the help of his friends-only to frame his rival in a rape case. The accused husband attempted to pass off the incident as retaliation by the rival for refusing to settle the rape case.

The case originated from Veerpur Bariyar village under the Mundhapande police station area. On Monday morning, police received information that a couple had been fired upon near the Mundia Malukpur forest while heading towards Rampur. In the attack, the woman, Nasreen, sustained pellet injuries below her waist and was rushed to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Mund...