‘Wife arranged quotation team to kill husband’s murderer’

ALAPPUZHA: In a sensational case in which a murder case accused and BJP’s Alappuzha constituency Secretary Venugopal was hacked to death, the police have arrested four women. The women  namely Smitha, Rajani, Girija and Greeshma had allegedly conspired to kill Venugopal by engaging a quotation team to carry out the murder.      

Smitha’s husband Shanthilal alias Emachan was allegedly hacked to death in 2013. In the case Venugopal was the first accused. Smitha’s was an act of vengeance, the police have said.  

Venugopal was found hacked to death on January 29 near his house in Alappuzha. Though the neighbours had taken him to hospital, he was declared brought dead.  

From near the body, a hatchet covered with socks and an iron bangle were found and these items helped the police trace the culprits.

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