Pati, patni aur woh: Why Apoorva Shukla murdered husband Rohit Shekhar

The mystery over the murder of Rohit Shekhar, son of late Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari, is solved. Within a matter of days, the Delhi Police Crime Branch solved the sensational crime, arresting Rohit's wife Apoorva for the killing. The police suspected Apoorva was the murderer from Day One. But, what they could not figure out was why she would kill her husband. Now, even that mystery has been solved. Turns out, it was a case of pati, patni aur woh (husband, wife, and the other).

Rohit Shekhar became a national figure because of his long struggle to be recognised as ND Tiwari's son. Rohit was born out of wedlock and for years, ND Tiwari, a veteran Congress politician, denied his existence.

However in 2014, after a court ordered a DNA test to identify Rohit's parentage, Tiwari accepted that Rohit was indeed his son. Later, ND Tiwari even married Rohit's mother Ujjwala, ending the mother-son's years-long struggle to be recognised.

A few years later, Ujjwala started hunting for a wife for her son. In 2017, Rohit came across a woman's profile on a matrimonial website. The woman was Apoorva Shukla. Rohit was interested and even showed Apoorva's profile to his mother. He then decided to meet her.

Apoorva and Rohit met for the first time in Lucknow. The two instantly hit it off and quickly became friends. Rohit really liked Apoorva and the two soon started living together.

Rohit and Apoorva continued in a live-in relationship for around a year. Finally, on May 12, 2018 the two got married at a Delhi five-star. The wedding was attended by the who's who of Delhi, including top politicians and bureaucrats.

Mother Ujjwala was over the moon with Rohit's marriage to Apoorva. Rohit and Apoorva were also incredibly excited to begin their married life. After the wedding, Apoorva moved into Rohit's posh Defence Colony home in New Delhi.

Apoorva Shukla and Rohit Shekhar met on a matrimonial website

The marital bliss did not last long. Rohit Shekhar and Apoorva's honeymoon ended pretty quickly when she found out about a woman friend of Rohit's.

The friend was a distant relative of Rohit's and he used to visit her pretty frequently. Apoorva found out about the woman within a year of her marriage to Rohit. Rohit's closeness was difficult for Apoorva to swallow and this led to friction between the husband and wife.

Rohit and Apoorva's frayed relationship was strained further after he refused her demand to get a house constructed for her family.

Apoorva repeatedly asked Rohit to get a home constructed for her family. However, Rohit repeatedly ignored her demands, leading to frequent fights between the couple.

It was increasingly becoming clearer to Rohit and Apoorva that their marriage would not last long. The two began discussing whether they should get a divorce. They put off the decision until June this year.

Meawhile, in March this year, Rohit and Apoorva had a huge fight, following which she returned to her parents' home. Apoorva stayed with her parents from March 3 to March 29, returning to Rohit's Defence Colony home only on March 30.

On April 11, Rohit and his mother Ujjwala went to Uttarakhand to cast votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Rohit's relative-friend accompanied the mother and son. But, Apoorva, who stayed back in Delhi, had no clue about that.

The unsuspecting Apoorva video called Rohit over WhatsApp while he was in Uttarakhand. And she saw Rohit's woman friend. Rohit was drinking with the woman and had apparently mistakenly answered Aproova's call in a drunken state.

The sight of Rohit and his friend sent the shocked and disappointed Apoorva into a fit of rage.