Jhansi: A 28-year-old woman, married to a bank manager nearly four months ago, died under suspicious circumstances in a hotel room in Jhansi. The woman’s father accused her husband of her murder. Police have detained the accused husband for questioning.The deceased, Muskan Simolia, was staying at a hotel in Sipri bazaar police station area with her husband, Nilesh of Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. According to police, the couple had checked into the hotel on Friday night. Muskan was taken to the district hospital the following morning, where doctors declared her dead.According to Muskan’s father, Ramji Lal Ahirwar, she married Nilesh on June 29 this year. He alleged that after the marriage, the family learnt that Nilesh was already married and that his first wife lived in Indore. The revelation reportedly led to frequent quarrels between the couple.Muskan had returned to her parental home in Jhansi on Oct 10 to prepare for a railway junior engineer examination scheduled for Oct 28. Her father alleged that Nilesh arrived in Jhansi on Oct 23 and took her along on the pretext of visiting his aunt’s house. However, he allegedly took her to a hotel instead. The father raised suspicions over injuries on his daughter’s head and alleged that she had been assaulted. He demanded a thorough investigation into the case.SP City Preeti Singh said the police inspected the hotel and examined the CCTV footage, which reportedly showed Muskan suddenly collapsing inside the room. According to the husband, she fell while they were preparing to check out, following which hotel staff helped take her to hospital.Police have sent the body for postmortem examination. The investigation is underway.
