Lucknow: A 25-year-old woman was arrested for the alleged killing of her stepfather, whose body was found from a drain near Amrapalli Hospital under Dubbaga police station limits in the city on December 19, police said, He husband was also arrested.

The police said the couple hatched a plot to eliminate Mohd Fayyaz, 42, as he had sexually exploited his step-daughter on several occasions, even after her marriage. The couple confessed to the crime.

Inspector in-charge  of Dubbaga police station Sukhveer Singh Bhadauria said the identity of the deceased was ascertained by her own daughter Yasmeen on December 21 after which an FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder) and 201 (concealment of evidence).

The post-mortem had confirmed that Fayyaz died by strangulation. He said Fayyaz's stepdaughter said that she was sexually exploited for several years before her marriage, and it continued even after.

"The woman said she spiked Fayyaz's drink with sleeping pills after he tried to take advantage of her husband's absence on December 17, 2022. She said she strangulated him to death with a nylon rope when he was unconscious. She kept the body at her house for over 24 hours and attempted to dispose of the body during the early hours on December 19 when her husband returned," the police official said.

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