MEERUT: In a case of a relationship going sour, a man lost his life after his

allegedly connived with her daughter’s lover to strangle him to death. Both accused were arrested on Friday.

According to police sources, Rajiv Kumar, 38, who drove a tractor in the military farm, was in a live-in relationship with one Shamim Bano, who is in her 40s and a mother of a teenaged daughter. They were ina relationship for the past four to five years. On Monday, Rajiv was found strangled near the farm at Aurangapur Diggi village.

After the discovery of his body, Kumar’s wife, Aarti, filed a police complaint against Shamim, Musahid, who is 24 years old, and two others, accusing them of killing her husband.

On Friday, both Musahid and Shamim were arrested for killing Kumar.

Giving details, Kailash Chand, SO, Medical police station, said, “Shamim Bano’s teenaged daughter was in a relationship with Musahib and Kumar objected to it. He was also suspicious of Shamim’s character because of which the couple used to have regular fights. Unnerved by the repetition of such incidents, Shamim connived with Musahid to get rid of Kumar. On the pretext of working in a farm, both took him to Aurgangapur Diggi village. There they offered Kumar liquor. He was made to drink excessive quantity of liquor and after he passed out, Shamim and Musahid strangled him to death.”

After the

, the duo buried Kumar’s body in the field itself. But owing to the shallow burial, within a couple of days, an overpowering stench in the area attracted other farmers’ attention towards the pit. Soon , the corpse was exhumed. Police has also recovered the rope that was used to strangle Rajeev.

The duo has been booked for murder under OPC section 302.