UP Woman Keeps Karwa Chauth Fast, Then Kills Husband By Poisoning Him

Police said the woman suspected that her husband was having an affair.

Hours after finishing a Karwa Chauth fast to pray for his long life, a woman from Uttar Pradesh allegedly killed her husband by poisoning him.  

Officials from the Kada Dham police station in Kaushambi district said Shailesh Kumar, 32, was poisoned by his wife Savita because she suspected that he was having an affair with another woman. 

They said Savita had been fasting to pray for Shailesh's long life on Sunday as part of the Karwa Chauth ritual and Shailesh had also been busy making arrangements for it since morning.