A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife with the help of his friend as he wanted to marry his sister-in-law, the police said Tuesday.

The man, Ankit Kumar, conspired with his friend, Sachin Kumar, to get his wife run over by a car as the couple did not have a child, senior police officer Bharat Sonkar told reporters.

The victim, 30-year-old Kiran, who sustained “critical” injuries in the accident, was declared brought dead by the hospital.

Both have been arrested and the car used in the accident has been seized.

#BijnorPolice
थाना नगीना देहात पुलिस द्वारा मु0अ0सं0 50/25 धारा 103(1) / 238(क) / 61(2) बीएनएस से सम्बन्धित 02 अभियुक्तों को हत्या की घटना में प्रयुक्त गाडी सहित किया गिरफ्तार । #UPPolice pic.twitter.com/iIhduHbHZN

— Bijnor Police (@bijnorpolice) March 24, 2025

Narrating the chain of events, Mr Sonkar said that Ankit filed a complaint on March 8 that his wife had died in a road accident when he was taking her from his in-laws’ house to his residence.

He claimed that a car ran over Kiran and fled when he left her on the roadside to refuel his bike at a petrol pump.

Based on his complaint, a case was registered and a probe was ordered, Mr Sonkar said.

Upon reviewing footage from CCTV cameras in the areas, the police identified the owner of the car as Sachin, a friend of Ankit.

During interrogation, Ankit confessed to the crime and said he was married for five years but did not have any children, and wanted to marry his sister-in-law.

#BijnorPolice
थाना नगीना देहात पुलिस द्वारा मु0अ0सं0 50/25 धारा 103(1)/238(क)/61(2) बीएनएस से सम्बन्धित 02 अभियुक्तों को हत्या की घटना में प्रयुक्त गाडी सहित गिरफ्तारी के संबंध में अपर पुलिस अधीक्षक ग्रामीण, जनपद बिजनौर की बाइट।#UPPolice pic.twitter.com/msuweEgWVT

— Bijnor Police (@bijnorpolice) March 25, 2025

He had also asked his sister-in-law to marry him, but she refused as he was married to Kiran, forcing him to hatch her murder plan, the police said.