Overview
- Relatives noticed freshly plastered soil beneath a bed and alerted officers, who dug up the spot and recovered Phoola Devi’s decomposed body from about five to six feet below the floor.
- The accused, identified as 48-year-old Harikishan of Ahata Narpatpurwa, was traced to Barabanki’s Durgapur Tapesi village and taken into custody.
- An FIR has been registered for murder and causing disappearance of evidence, and the body has been sent for postmortem examination.
- Police say the suspect alleged he killed his wife after finding her with a villager named Guddu, with preliminary evidence pointing to suspicion of infidelity as the motive.
- Authorities produced the accused in court and sent him to jail, while some reported details—such as claims he slept over the buried body—have not been confirmed by police.