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Woman held for plotting son's murder in Bihar's Gopalganj

PATNA: A 40-year-old woman, Dharmasheela Devi , was arrested from Devaria village in Gopalganj district on Saturday night on charges of plotting her 14-year-old son's murder in a bid to hide her alleged illicit relationship.

Police said the body of the boy, Manish Kumar, was recovered from a canal on the outskirts of Devaria village in Gopalganj district on May 12 in the morning hours.



During interrogation, Dharmasheela confessed to the crime and said Manish was killed by Chandesh Singh and his associate Dayashankar, residents of Tilak Dumar village under the Bhore police station area in the district.

The station house officer (SHO) of Bhore police station Suman Kumar Mishra said the boy had found his mother in a compromising position with her paramour Chandesh Singh on May 8.

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