Indian Woman Arrested After She Was Found Alive 12 Years After Husband Was Jailed Over Her Alleged Murder
Police in Bihar, India, have arrested Shakuntala Devi after she was reportedly found alive in neighbouring Jharkhand, 12 years after her husband and relatives were accused in her alleged murder case. In 2014, Shakuntala was reported missing after telling relatives she faced dowry-related harassment. Her brother later identified a woman’s body recovered from a canal as hers, leading police to file murder charges against her husband, Arun Mehta, and members of his family. They were arrested, and the family says it later sold ancestral land to raise money for a settlement. Police say Shakuntala had been living under the name Kanti Devi with another man in Jharkhand. She has been remanded in custody over allegations of fraud and criminal conspiracy. Investigators are now trying to establish the identity of the woman whose body was recovered in 2014 and determine whether others were involved in the alleged false identification.
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