Shafatullah Khan was found murdered on June 11 with multiple stabs on his chest in his Jabalpur apartment.

Two women and a man were arrested on Saturday for the murder of a doctor in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Dr Shafatullah Khan was found murdered with multiple stabs on his chest on Monday, June 11 in his apartment in the city.

The police used CCTV footage installed at the entrance of his apartment to nab Ayesha Khan, wife of the deceased doctor, her niece and niece's husband.

The three had hired contract killers to murder Khan.

Ayesha alleged that her husband was a womaniser and had sexually exploited several women by promising them jobs as nurses.

She further claimed that Khan had also raped her niece when she was a minor.

Ayesha even said that Khan had an "evil intention" towards his own daughter.

"We could ascertain that it was a friendly entry inside the house, so we questioned Ayesha who eventually spilled the beans as there were many inconsistencies in her initial statement," police said.

Ayesha said that she had initially planned to only cut the genitals of Khan. Her niece and husband of the niece, however, insisted they kill him.

While Ayesha, her niece and her husband have been arrested, the contract killers are still absconding. The weapon used in the murder, too, has not been recovered yet.

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