A chilling murder in Faridabad that was initially treated as a grim railway accident has now been solved by police, with a woman and her partner arrested nearly two months after the crime, officials said.
On December 1, 2025, a severely mutilated body was found on the railway tracks in Mewla Maharajpur. Given the extent of damage and crushed condition, investigators mistook it for a tragic train accident.
However, a breakthrough came weeks later after the victim&rsquo;s brother filed a missing person complaint on January 18, prompting police to reopen the case. By comparing photographs and belongings of unidentified bodies, the body was eventually matched to 36-year-old Suman Jha, a resident of Godda district, Jharkhand.
Faridabad police arrested 29-year-old Anjani Devi (wife of the deceased) and her 30-year-old boyfriend Mohammad Riyazul on Sunday. Both were presented in court and remanded for four days for further questioning.
Police allege that on November 30, 2025, the couple lured Jha with alcohol, attacked him near the railway tracks and killed him by crushing his head with stones. They then placed the body on tracks, where multiple trains ran over it to disguise the murder as an accident.
Investigators said Jha and Anjani had been married for 15 years and had two children. Riyazul, who also lived locally and worked with Anjani, was reportedly in a three-year extramarital relationship with her. A few days before the murder, Jha allegedly discovered the affair, a development that police believe triggered the fatal plot.
After the crime, Anjani fled to her maternal home in Jharkhand while Riyazul remained in Faridabad. Police traced call records showing ongoing communication between the two before and after the murder. Both suspects confessed during interrogation, according to officials.
An FIR under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered at Surajkund police station following the victim&rsquo;s brother&rsquo;s complaint. Police said further investigation is underway to gather more evidence and fully reconstruct the crime timeline.
Unidentified bodies found on railway tracks are often presumed accidental deaths due to train collisions, especially when the remains are crushed beyond recognition. However, in this case, forensic re-examination after a missing person complaint revealed the murder was carefully staged to appear accidental. This highlights investigative challenges in cases where perpetrators attempt to leverage natural causes to conceal violent crimes.

Police crack staged railway accident murder; couple arrested for killing husband

Faridabad Murder: Wife & Lover Arrested After Plot

Police crack staged railway accident murder; couple arrested for killing husband

February 3, 2026 | 13:12 IST