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A woman who approached the police claiming her husband was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Karnataka’s Vijayapura was arrested along with her lover and his acquaintance for allegedly conspiring to murder him and stage his death as a road accident, the police said on Monday.

The police have also detained a minor boy who was involved in the crime.

Rajashekhar Biradar, 42, a resident of Ekata Nagar, was killed between 5 am and 5.30 am on October 4 while he was out on his routine morning walk on the road connecting Vijayapura Ring Road to Jumnal, the police said.

The police arrested Ashwini, 30, the victim’s wife, Anand Rautappa Kallur, 25, and Sachin Parashuram Badalli, 24, for the murder of Biradar.

After the accident, Ashwini subsequently approached the Traffic Police Station, claiming an unidentified vehicle had knocked down her husband.

During the investigation, the police detained Anand, a painter who had worked at the couple’s house, for questioning. His account reportedly differed from Ashwini’s statement, prompting the police to probe the case further. The investigation allegedly revealed a conspiracy to murder Biradar and make his death appear as a road accident.

On October 4, when Biradar left for his morning walk, Ashwini allegedly alerted Anand, who followed her husband on a two-wheeler and relayed his location to Sachin and the minor boy.

The two allegedly arrived in a black Mahindra Scorpio SUV without a registration plate and rammed into Biradar from behind on Jumnal Road, killing him on the spot, the police said. After the incident, the accused allegedly parked the vehicle at Jumnal and went about their lives, believing the death would be treated as a hit-and-run.