New Delhi, April 24: The Delhi Police on Wednesday revealed that Apoorva Tiwari, wife of former Chief Minister ND Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, was unhappy with the marriage and took the extreme step of killing her husband. The Police further informed that, Apoorva, who was a prime suspect in murder case, smothered Tiwari without anyone's help while he was drunk. The officials of the Crime Branch arrested Apoorva after three-days of interrogation and said that she will soon be produced before the court.

On Sunday, Apoorva was detained with two domestic helps in connection with the murder mystery. According to reports, the daughter-in-law of Late UP and Uttarakhand CM ND Tiwari, was taken for questioning by Delhi Crime Branch on April 21.

Rohit slept on the night of April 15 and was found dead the next day at 4 PM.  On April 16, he was brought dead to a hospital in New Delhi’s Saket area. His autopsy report stated that he died of asphyxia as he was strangulated and smothered. Rohit Shekhar Tiwari's Death 'Unnatural', Finds Post-Mortem Report. 

The Delhi Police had registered a case of murder into the death of Rohit Shekhar, hours after his autopsy report stated that he died of asphyxia due to strangulation. The case was later transferred to the Crime Branch for investigation. Rohit Was Brought Dead to Hospital on Tuesday Evening.

On Sunday, Rohit Shekhar’s mother Ujjawla lashed at Apoorva and her parents alleging they had their eyes on his property. According to a report by PTI,  Ujjawla said, “Apoorva’s family wanted to take control of the properties of my both sons -- Siddharth and Rohit because this house is nearer to the Supreme Court where Apoorva was practising law".

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