MEERUT, Nov. 8 -- A woman allegedly first served her husband food laced with sleeping pills and when he fell unconscious, she along with her alleged paramour and his friend tried to strangle him before throwing him into a canal while the man was still alive, police said.

The incident occurred at Rasoolpur Rohata village of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on October 25. The trio allegedly conspired to kill the man when he opposed his wife's illicit relationship.

According to SP (rural), Meerut, Abhijeet Kumar, Anil, 32, a mason by profession who is feared dead, went missing on October 25. The next day, his elder brother Raju lodged a missing person's report at Rohata police station. Police initiated an investigation and, with the help of...