Girl Foils Step Mom�s Plot To Murder Dad

Source :  Mumbai Mirror  Saturday, Jan 13, 2007

BLOOD MATTERS

Girl foils stepmom’s plot to murder dad

Yogesh Sadhwani

In a bizarre case in Thane, an estranged daughter rushed to rescue her father from a bid on his life by his second wife and her lover.

On being alerted by his daughter Mamta, 20, Manoj Mishra, 38, filed a complaint at Vartak Nagar police station in Thane on Friday stating that his wife Khushboo, 26, and her paramour Imran, 20, have given supari to a certain Ranjit to get him killed. The police have registered a case and are now on a look out for the three absconding accused.

Manoj runs a photo studio in Thane. He met Khusboo nine years ago while doing a photo shoot. Though he was already married,Manoj fell for Khusboo and got married. For nine years, everything was going smoothly. "We were happily married. Ten months back, we even started a studio and both of us used to work togather.

Two months back, I found that Khusboo was having an affair with Imran, one of our employees," said Manoj. He immediately sacked Imran.

"Khusboo, however, disliked the fact that Imran had been sacked. She picked up fights with me on many occassions to get him back. I stood my ground and told her that I knew about her affair."

On Thursday, Manoj was shocked when Mamta, his daughter from his earlier marriage, told him that Khusboo and Imran had hired a contract killer to finish him off. Mamta had recorded a conversation she had with Khusboo.

In the taped conversation, Khushboo told Mamta, "I want him to die. We have given Rs 55,000 to Ranjit. But still, work is not getting done. I can’t stay with him any longer."

"Khusboo contacted Mamta thinking that she would help her. But despite the fact I had not seen my daughter for years, she decided to save my life," said Manoj.

Manoj then lodged a complaint at Vartak Nagar police station.

"We have lodged a complaint of criminal conspiracy and will arrest all those involved soon," said a senior police officer from Vartak Nagar police station.