New Delhi, April 25: Unhappy with marriage, Apoorva, wife of Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, the son of late veteran politician ND Tiwari, smothered him to death, the Delhi Police informed on Wednesday. Reports quote police saying that  Apoorva took the extreme step after getting furious on seeing him sharing his alcohol glass with another woman in his car. According to several reports, the murder was triggered after a quarrel on a video call about a shared glass of alcohol with the other woman. Rohit Shekhar Tiwari Was Smothered By Wife Apoorva, Says Delhi Police.

On Thursday, Apoorva was arrested by a Crime Branch team on charges of his murder, citing a “turbulent and unhappy” marriage as the motive, a senior police official said. During interrogation, she said that they had a unhappy marriage and their relationship had gone sour soon after they got married. However, it was due to a sudden provocation that she murdered him," Additional Commissioner of Crime Branch Rajiv Ranjan told IANS. Rohit Shekhar Tiwari's Death 'Unnatural', Finds Post-Mortem Report. 

According to a report by IANS, another Crime Branch officer said, "When Apoorva video-called Shekhar on April 15, she saw him drinking with another woman in the car while he was on his way back to Delhi after casting vote in Uttarakhand. She got furious on seeing them sharing the drinks from same glass." Rohit Was Brought Dead to Hospital.

The murder of the 40-year-old began around 5.30 pm on April 15, while he was returning to Delhi from Kathgodam in Uttarakhand after casting his vote. On April 16, when Shekhar entered his room around 12.45 a.m, the couple indulged in a fight as she raised questions over the relationship of Shekhar and the other woman. Apoorva also warned Shekhar not to talk to her. When Shekhar ignored her warnings, his wife smothered him to death.

The Delhi Police said Apoorva was their prime suspect as there were contradictions in her statements from the very beginning. "All scientific evidences and other concrete leads were against her but she tried to mislead the investigators that they were a happy couple", the officials said.

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