Gorakhpur, December 24: A well-known surgeon in Gorakhpur allegedly murdered his ex-wife in by pushing her off a cliff at Pokhra in Nepal. After killing his ex-wife Rakhi Srivastava, the surgeon, Dr Dharmendra Pratap Singh kept her virtually alive for seven months by updating post on her social media. The doctor killed Rakhi with the help of his two accomplices Pramod Kumar Singh and Deshdeepak Nishad, who were also arrested along with him. Uttar Pradesh police arrested the trio from Daudpur area of Gorakhpur and sent to jail on Saturday.

According to a report published in The Times of India, initially, police arrested Rakhi’s second husband Manish Sinha for questioning on the complaint of her family members. Later, the investigation zeroed to Singh. The doctor confessed his crime during an investigation by the special task force (STF) of UP Police. Mala Lakhani Murder Case: Tailor Employed By Delhi-Based Fashion Designer Confessed to The Crime

Rakhi was missing from Gorakhpur and her brother Amar Prakash Srivastava had lodged missing/kidnapping report with Shahpur police on June 24, 2018, under section 366, 506 of IPC against Manish, a resident of Gaya in Bihar,” reported TOI quoting STF IG Amitabh Yash as saying. During the investigation, the STF found that Rakhi had gone to Nepal along with her second husband Manish on June 1, but she stayed back.

Later police found that Singh was also in Nepal during the same period after going through his call details. Rakhi’s phone was active from June 1 and 4. After visiting Pokhra, STF came to know that Nepal police recovered one woman’s body, which it identified as that of Rakhi. According to the report, Dr Singh and his two aides went to meet Rakhi in Pokhra after Manish returned. They took her out and offered sedative-laced drink and pushed her off a cliff in Pokhra. Later, Singh sent Rakhi’s mobile to Guwahati which was active this October 4. Sheena Bora Murder Accused Indrani Mukerjea Asked to Undergo HRCT Scan of Temporal Bone.

Rakhi, a resident of Bichhiya area of Gorakhpur met Dr Singh in 2006, when he took her father for treatment to his clinic. She developed intimacy with the doctor who was already married. They both married secretly, but when the doctor’s wife came to know about this, they parted ways. Dr Singh even bought Rakhi a house in Shahpur area of Gorakhpur.

Later Rakhi married to Manish in February 2016. However, she was in touch of the doctor. As per Dr Singh, Rakhi used to blackmail her for money and to transfer ownership of Shahpur flat. The accused even confessed that earlier also he attempted to kill Rakhi. Police recovered documents of the deceased from Singh.

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