Overview

• Rohit Saini, a 35-year-old BJP local leader, was arrested in Kishangarh for fatally stabbing his wife Sanju Saini during a Raksha Bandhan trip to Silora village.
• Police say Rohit initially claimed a roadside robbery but confessed after inconsistencies in his statements and lack of injuries prompted deeper questioning.
• Investigators uncovered that Rohit and his girlfriend Ritu, a 25-year-old divorced private school teacher, maintained a two-year affair and viewed Sanju as an obstacle to their relationship.
• Both suspects were detained within 24 hours of police identifying discrepancies in Rohit’s account, and investigators have begun forensic examinations and intensive interrogations.
• Sanju’s four-year-old daughter is now in the care of relatives as formal charges are prepared and the case moves toward court proceedings.