'Affair, snakebite, Rs 20L insurance': How UP woman, lover plotted husband's murder

MEERUT: With an aim to grab an insurance claim worth Rs 20 lakh, a woman from Meerut connived with her lover, sedated her husband and released a poisonous snake in his blanket before moving to another room with the kid. The snakebite killed him. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday in the Hastinapur region of Meerut.Initially, the woman, Damini Pawar, 30, claimed when she returned to her husband Atul Pawar, 32, at 6 am on Friday, he was lying unconscious. When she witnessed the snake on the bed, she screamed, after which he was rushed to the hospital but doctors declared him dead. The locals killed the snake, which was found on the spot.Later, investigators found a snakebite wound on the right leg. However, Atul’s family refused to subscribe to the woman’s claims and police were involved.