Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 24: According to TV reports, the Delhi Police on Wednesday, April 24 arrested Apoorva Tiwari, the wife of former Chief Minister ND Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, in connection with her husband’s death.

Apoorva Tiwari was questioned for three days before she was taken into custody, according to the sources.

"We have arrested Apoorva with the help of scientific evidence and FSL (forensic) report. She confessed that she has murdered her husband and cited unhappy marriage as the reason," senior police officer Rajiv Ranjan told IANS.

"She entered Rohit's room on April 16 and executed the crime. She later destroyed the evidences. All this happened within one-and-half hours," he said, adding that she initially tried to mislead the Crime Branch team which arrested her. 

Apoorva Tiwari


Rohit with his father N D Tiwari

Apoorva 

Rohit

Some sources said she murdered her husband because of unhappy marriage.

Rohit Tiwari was brought dead to a hospital in New Delhi’s Saket area on April 16. His autopsy report said Rohit Tiwari died of asphyxia as he was strangulated and smothered.

Apart from Apoorva Tiwari, servant Golu and driver Akhilesh are the main suspects in the case, reported India Today. On April 18, the Delhi Police had registered a case of murder based on the autopsy report and transferred it to the Crime Branch. 

However, Rohit Tiwari’s mother Ujjwala Sharma had denied any foul play and said that his death was natural. “I have no suspicion but I will reveal later what circumstances led to his death,” she had said. Later she retracted and reportedly told the police that her daughter-in-law and her family wanted to seize his property, reported PTI.

Unidentified police officials said officers of the Crime Branch visited Rohit Tiwari’s house on April 19 and questioned his family members and domestic help. A team of forensic experts also visited the house. Officers also went through footage from CCTV cameras installed in and around the house to ascertain the sequence of events and track people who entered the house.

ND Tiwari, a former Congress leader, and his son had both joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2017 ahead of the Uttarakhand Assembly elections. Tiwari had died in October.