It's a tale of murder fit for the movies—which is just where Swati Reddy allegedly got her inspiration.
Police in southern India say the 27-year-old nurse killed her husband, then poured acid on the face of her lover in an effort to pass him off as her spouse. And she nearly succeeded. Telangana police say Reddy convinced her husband's parents that their son had been the victim of an acid attack, when the man lying in a hospital bed was actually her lover, Rajesh Ajjakolu, reports the BBC.
But while the parents paid Ajjakolu's medical bills—with plastic surgery to be included—their other son grew suspicious. Police say Ajjakolu refused a meal of mutton soup, claiming he was a vegetarian though Reddy's husband wasn't, per the Khaleej Times. When he couldn't identify relatives and began communicating with signs, the family went to police.
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