India, July 20 -- A 35-year-old woman and her 24-year-old boyfriend have been arrested on Saturday for the murder of the woman's husband, police said. The two had previously tried to pass off the murder as death by electrocution.

The matter was reported on July 13 at Uttam Nagar police station when Mata Rooprani Maggo hospital in west Delhi's Uttam Nagar alerted the police about a man brought in dead. The deceased was identified as Karan Dev, a resident of Om Vihar. The accused are Sushmita Dev, 35, and Karan's cousin, Rahul Dev.

"The patient, Karan, was declared brought dead and was shifted for post mortem. Initially, the family insisted on forgoing the post mortem, claiming that he had died after coming into contact with a live cord,"...