Overview
- The school operator was found dead at his rented home on Friday, and a snake recovered at the scene initially led police to treat the death as a snakebite.
- After the victim’s family demanded a post‑mortem, investigators examined phone records and other evidence and arrested four people, including the wife, her alleged lover who worked as the school driver, and two local snake catchers.
- Police allege the accused first drugged the man by putting sleeping pills in his milk and then released a venomous krait onto his bed so it would bite him while he slept.
- Investigators say the suspected motive was the wife’s extramarital relationship and a roughly ₹20 lakh life‑insurance policy, and they allege the snake catchers were promised part of the payout and given an advance.
- The case now hinges on forensic work: the body, the recovered snake and toxicology results are with labs and will shape formal charges and any insurance‑claim inquiries, while the investigation continues.