India, June 9 -- Hours after the Meghalaya police claimed the wife of an Indore man had planned his murder during their honeymoon, her father came out in her defence on Monday, accusing the state government of lying.

Sonam Raghuvanshi, whom the Meghalaya police accused of killing her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, reportedly surrendered before the UP police in Ghazipur. The development came after her husband's body was found in the state, days after their marriage in Madhya Pradesh. She had been missing, prompting the police to launch a massive search.

The police said she had hired a group of men to murder her husband during their honeymoon in the picturesque state. Her father, Devi Singh, however, refuted the police's version.

"My daughter...