Lucknow: A woman as a contract killer may sound strange but the Special Task Force (STF) in Lucknow has arrested Neha Srivastava after a search that lasted more than two years.
Neha was wanted in the murder of a businessman Abhay Singh and is now a mother of a young child. According to STF sources, Neha had given up studies after school and got involved with Nityanand, a criminal form Gorakhpur. Neha married Nityanand started the business of contract killing. Neha and Nityanand befriended Abhay Singh and one Devendra.
After a few months, Abhay Singh got involved with a woman from Devendra’s family and the latter asked the couple to get him out of his way. It is not yet clear how much money was paid for the murder. Neha and Nityanand started spending considerable time with Abhay Singh and in November 2012, his body was later found in Jaitpur in Barabanki district. Abhay Singh’s family named eight persons including Devendra, but the actual killers remained elusive.
