AGRA: A woman killed her husband by slitting his throat with the help of paramour cousin, with whom she was having an illicit affair. The incident took place in the wee hours of Thursday, in

village under Barhan police jurisdiction of

.

Deceased was identified as

(22), who used to work in a private company of Noida and had returned home a week ago along with wife Raveena alias Rani and toddler son.

According to police, Raveena and her cousin Pratap, who is an immediate neighbour of the couple, murdered Vikram in cold blood.

Mahendra Singh Yadav, station house officer of Barhan said, “Around 2.30am, the woman and her paramour cousin killed the victim. After the incident, accused Pratap is absconding, while Raveena has been arrested under

section 302 (murder). The weapon used in murder is missing. Once Pratap is arrested, we will recover the weapon as well.”

Police sent victim’s body for post mortem examination. According to police, victim’s body was lying on his bed in a pool of blood with slit throat. “It was a pre-planned murder. The call details of Raveena and Pratap revealed that the duo were in constant touch,” said SHO.

He added, “Raveena is not speaking much, but as soon as Pratap is arrested, we will ascertain the sequence of events. Meanwhile, Vikram’s son has been handed over to victim’s mother.”