India, Nov. 10 -- In connection with a chilling crime allegedly inspired by the Bollywood thriller 'Drishyam', police in Maharashtra's Pune on Saturday arrested a 42-year-old man for killing his wife and attempting to destroy all traces of evidence.

The accused, identified as Sammer Punjabrao Jadhav, confessed that he was "influenced by the movie" while plotting the murder, as reported earlier by HT.

Jadhav, a resident of Swami Sankul Apartment near the Talathi office in Shivane, runs an automobile garage and holds a diploma in automobile engineering. His wife, Anjali Sammer Jadhav, 38, worked as a teacher in a private school.

Investigators said Sammer had been in an extramarital relationship with another woman. He allegedly began send...