Police in Gujarat’s Jamnagar have arrested a woman and her alleged lover for the murder of her husband, who had been reported missing for nearly two years.

According to police, the family was made to believe that the victim had been living in Australia during this period, while his body had allegedly been buried in a factory premises.

However, when a family member planned to travel to Australia and asked Jignesh’s wife, Pruthvi, for his local address and contact details, she was unable to provide satisfactory answers.

The case came to light after the victim’s brother, Ashok Mavadiya, lodged a complaint at Panch ‘B’ Police Station expressing suspicion over his brother Jignesh Mavadiya’s disappearance and possible murder.




Preliminary police investigations revealed that the wife, Pruthvi , was allegedly in a relationship with a man identified as Nilesh even before her marriage to Jignesh.

Investigators said the relationship reportedly continued after the marriage.

The two conspired to kill Jignesh by mixing cyanide into his glass of alcohol. He allegedly died after consuming the poisoned drink.

According to investigators, after the murder, the accused allegedly dug a pit nearly 12 feet deep inside a factory located in the Dared Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) industrial area and buried the body in an attempt to conceal the crime.