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During investigation, it was found that the accused searched the internet and watched web series to plan e-rickshaw driver Manoj’s murder. Fed up of being subjected to physical assault and suspicion, a woman and her friends in Jaipur murdered her husband on Saturday. During investigation, it was found that the accused searched the internet and watched web series to plan e-rickshaw driver Manoj’s murder. The woman Santosh Devi befriended co-accused Rishi Srivastava at a bedsheet factory, where they both worked. As their relation grew thicker, they hatched a conspiracy to murder Manoj. Rishi’s friend Mohit Sharma joined the plan, and the three searched ways to kill a person and not get caught on Google. They also watched web series on crimes and famous murder cases to fine-tune their plan. The three accused bought new SIM cards and conducted a recce of spots where their plan can be carried out. On Saturday, Mohit hired Manoj’s e-rickshaw to go to the ISKCON temple. Around 10 minutes into the journey, Rishi met Mohit and the e-rickshaw was taken to a deserted farmhouse area, where Manoj’s throat was slit using a sharp bedsheet cutter. The two men then changed their clothes and appearances and switched off their SIM cards. Due to absence of CCTVs at the spot of the murder, the police scanned footage from nearby cameras to zero in on the accused. During investigation, the three accused said that planning for the murder began around a month ago.

The incident took place on Tuesday night when two groups of people returning from a temple after attending a religious ceremony engaged in a quarrel over some past enmity, police said A 29-year-old man attempting to mediate an altercation between two groups was shot dead at Ramgarh village in Kota district, police said on Wednesday. Police have registered a case of murder against six persons, some of whom have been detained, including the key accused, they said. The victim has been identified as Shankar Charan (29), a resident of Ramgarh under the Mandana police station limits. The incident took place on Tuesday night when two groups of people returning from a temple after attending a religious ceremony engaged in a quarrel over some past enmity, Kota (Rural) SP Sujit Shankar said. Seeing the two groups fight, Shankar Charan tried to pacify them when a man belonging to one of the groups opened fire from a country-made pistol, hitting the victim from a close range, the SP said. Shankar Charan was rushed to the New Medical College Hospital in Kota, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment, the officer said, adding that the key accused – identified as Shyamlal Charan – was a relative of the victim. Police have detained Shyamlal along with a few others for questioning, the officer said. Apart from Shyamlal, the other accused have been identified as Balram, Bhuriya, Bhanwarlal, Kishan and Balu, all from Ramgarh village. Shyamlal and Balram were recently released from prison in an attempt to murder case, the SP said.