UK woman murders husband while on a trip to India, paraded on television

In her statement to the police, the accused said that her husband refused to divorce her

Derby

: A UK-based woman has been accused of murdering her husband after plotting the crime with her alleged lover.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, the victim identified as Sukhjit Singh was found in a bed with his throat slit while on a holiday to his hometown in India.

The incident took place at the victim's maternal home in Banda, south east Delhi.

Accusing his wife, Ramandeep Kaur Mann, of plotting the murder, police have remanded her in custody.

Images showing the accused paraded with their faces covered have emerged online.

Police said that the woman hit her husband on the head using a hammer while her lover smothered him with a pillow. The duo then slit his throat with a knife to ensure that he was dead.

In her statement to the police, the accused said that her husband had refused to divorce her. The couple had been married since 2005.