The investigation into the death of lecturer Neha Bassi has taken a new turn.
Police have arrested her husband, Umang Bassi, and mother-in-law, Kusum Bassi, in Ujjain, while the six-year-old girl has also been located in connection with the case.
Earlier, police arrested Satpal Kaur, who has been named in the alleged conspiracy involving Umang Bassi, an AAP constituency coordinator and the investigating officer, ASI Bodhraj, was suspended over alleged negligence.
Neha, a lecturer at St. Soldier College, was allegedly forced to consume toilet cleaner.
Police are expected to share further details at a press conference.
The case has drawn public attention in Kartarpur and Dhuri, where residents and Neha's family have been holding candlelight vigils for the past three days and demanding justice.
According to the police, Umang Bassi and his mother, Kusum Bassi, remain absconding and they have been accused by Neha's family of forcing her to consume toilet cleaner.
The police have issued a Look Out Circular against the two accused.
Satpal Kaur, described as a female friend of Umang Bassi, has been arrested and sent to police remand in connection with the alleged conspiracy, her husband, Vishal Sharma, has now made several allegations against her and Umang.
Vishal, who works as a cybersecurity consultant in Hyderabad, said he married Satpal Kaur 11 years ago and that they have a nine-year-old daughter.
Vishal claimed that around six months ago, he discovered that Satpal had allegedly been in an extramarital relationship with Umang Bassi for around three years and he said he checked his wife's mobile phone and found 206 pages of WhatsApp conversations covering a period of about 15 days.
According to Vishal, the conversations contained discussions between Umang and Satpal about leaving their respective spouses, Neha and Vishal, or allegedly eliminating them, he also claimed that objectionable material was recovered from Satpal's room.
Neha, a lecturer at Saint Soldier Group of Colleges, was admitted to Fortis Hospital in critical condition on August 19 and she was reportedly on a ventilator and unable to speak.
A judge personally visited the hospital to record her statement, according to the information provided, Neha gave a written statement in English in the judge's presence.
In the statement, Neha alleged that her husband and mother-in-law had harassed her and she also alleged that Umang was involved in an affair with another woman and wanted to marry her. She further stated that she had been forced to leave her home.
Neha also alleged that investigating officer Bodhraj had refused to register her complaint because he was allegedly acting in favour of her husband and Bodhraj has now been suspended by the police over alleged negligence in the investigation.
