In 2008 Anjali and Naveen got introduced to each other. During one of her visits to her elder sister in Trinagar, she met Naveen who lived in the same neighbourhood and owned a shoe factory.
The two kept meeting for around a year and got closer. Though married with a 10-year-old son, Anjali got into a relationship with Naveen in 2009. The couple managed to hide it from their families until some months ago when the two sides met and decided that the two would not meet again.
However, Anjali and Naveen kept meeting and were happy with each other. In a sudden twist to the tale, Naveen, now 28, was told by his parents that they had found a match for him.
Police officers said Naveen gave his consent for the marriage. He concealed this from Anjali but she got to know and objected. The girl, on the other hand, was completely clueless about his past or Anjali.
Facing the challenge of convincing Anjali for an amicable separation on one hand and excited about his marriage to a “younger and better educated” girl, Naveen used the “family card” to keep trouble at bay, said police sources. He would tell Anjali that the only reason he was marrying the other girl was because there was family pressure. Anjali kept threatening him that she would tell everything to the girl.
With his marriage deadline approaching fast, Naveen decided to kill Anjali. It was in early April that he obtained a country made firearm smuggled from Ayodhya. He was looking for an opportunity to complete the task before his marriage but could not. In between, he got married leading to more friction between him and Anjali.
