Overview

• Amit Kashyap, 25, was found dead on Sunday in his home with a viper nearby, initially believed to have died from snakebites.
• A post-mortem revealed suffocation as the cause of death, contradicting the original assumption of envenomation.
• Meerut police arrested Amit's wife, Ravita, and her lover, Amardeep, who confessed to conspiring and carrying out the murder.
• Amardeep purchased a viper for ₹1,000 to stage the crime as a snakebite death after the couple strangled Amit in his sleep.
• Authorities are continuing the investigation to probe the motives and any further involvement in the calculated murder.