'Big breaking news is coming in from Haryana's Bhiwani.'
'A YouTuber and her lover'
'killed her husband.'
'We've been told they threw the husband's dead body'
'far away in a ditch.'
'Your wife and your property...'
'If you don't keep an eye on them,'
'others usurp them.'
These mobile phones are responsible
for everything.
God knows why people are addicted to it.
Even a one-year-old wants to see the phone
while eating.
God knows what will happen.
Women are so busy watching and recording reels
that they have no time for their families.
That's why such issues are coming up.
More than 2000 such cases
are reported to the Women's Cell every month.
A woman is a mother, a sister,
Lakshmi and Saraswati.
She is Kaali, too. So, she can be fierce as well.
During old times... It is called 'sata'.
They were beaten using that.
But no one would dare to do this.
'FROM HONEYMOON TO MURDER'
In this modern age,
it's still like Stone Age.
Today, when husband returns home,
he tells a woman, 'Give me a glass of water.'
She will give you a glass of water.
She will give water, massage her husband's feet
and go to sleep.
When will a time come
when someone will bring a glass of water for me?
My name is Shivkumar.
I'm the chief reporter
of Dainik Jagran, Bhiwani.
On 27th March,
we received information
that there is Dinod Road in Bhiwani. There is a drain there.
The police found a decomposed dead body in it.
The body had swollen from being in the water.
It couldn't be identified.
Myself Inspector Narendra Kumar.
We received a tip on 28th March 2025
that a dead body was found in a drain
in Dinod Village. So, we went there.
But the body was not in the condition
to be identified. So, we sent it to the civil hospital.
We placed advertisements
to identify the body.
So, the next day,
the deceased, Praveen's father,
identified his body.
They published in the newspaper
that an unidentified body was found,
and his name, 'Praveen' was tattooed on his arm.
They gave a description of his clothes.
So, according to that, we went to the hospital
and saw the body.
It was all swollen.
But we knew it was our son.
I am Praveen's uncle. He's my brother's son.
He was, I mean.
He was a driver.
So, he would remain away from home for a couple of days
without informing us.
That's why we thought he must have gone somewhere.
We also went to the man
whose vehicles he used to drive.
But he said he didn't show up.
And he had no phone.
Otherwise, we could've contacted him.
Then we thought
he must have gone to work,
and he would return.
Praveen was a labourer.
He would drive a truck
and supply construction material.
Praveen was married into Jhajjar's Juddi Village.
And...
He got married as per all the Hindu rituals.
Ravina's family and our family
had common relatives.
Our relatives told us about her.
They were looking for a suitor. So, we accepted the proposal.
Her father and other family members
came here, saw all the work and our son
and said yes.
After that, we also met the girl and accepted her.
Then we found an auspicious date for the wedding and got them married.
As soon as they got married,
she said she wanted to go to the ITI
and learn stitching. So, we sent her there.
Then...
There was a house next to the place we lived.
So, we opened the tailoring centre there.
Then I learned about one more thing.
In this case,
Ravina wanted...
She had a son. He is around eight years old.
She wanted him to have a better career.
And as Praveen was a labourer,
he didn't earn well.
That's why she wanted to work.
First, she tried tailoring.
But it didn't work.
Then, she started recording reels as a hobby.
But her followers increased, and it became a source of income.
If we look at Ravina's case,
she used to do a tailoring business.
Praveen would often come there
and quarrel, and she lost many customers.
She wasn't earning that much from tailoring.
When she started posting on social media,
she was getting a good income.
Maybe she must have thought
that by getting rid of Praveen,
she could give a good life to herself and her child.
Ravina would record reels.
Her reels were something which spread awareness
or something funny.
She has almost
369 posts on Instagram.
And she has more than 35,000 followers.
Well, Ravina's life was social media.
And her husband
didn't want her to post videos on social media.
Dance videos.
We can't say
that Ravina posted bad videos.
But the videos that she posted...
Be it dance videos, memes or other things...
Her husband didn't like it.
And he might have not like it
because Ravina's popularity was increasing.
She was earning and her husband didn't like it.
Ravina is such a case where
YouTuber influencers'
thought is involved.
And what is the thought?
It's the thought of independence.
Her main idea was to earn money.
Yes. We didn't know that.
We got to know about it from our neighbours and relatives.
They told us she used to record and upload videos.
Then we realised it.
That's when Praveen came to know about it.
And then, they started arguing.
He forbade her from doing all this.
Then, he also found out
about her friendship with Suresh.
Suresh...
He is a resident of Prem Nagar Village in Hansi.
He is also a social media influencer.
And that's why they came into contact with each other.
He told us he had been in touch with her for the last 1.5 years.
They would meet each other
and go out to record reels.
'Yes. I am also okay.'
'Why didn't you come home? Come home.'
'No. It's not right to come home now.'
You know that people just dance
and do comedy in reels.
And in other videos,
she would show
how women suffered
from domestic violence.
'Do you like the girl?'
'Yes, we like her.'
'Then I have two conditions.'
'Tell us.'
'You'll have to gift her 11 grams of gold.
'Then, we won't be left with anything.'
What was the reason behind their fights?
He would ask her not to post reels,
and then they would fight.
A fight
is never one-sided.
She would also answer him back.
And heated arguments are sometimes followed by violence.
Ravina was the bread-earner,
and Praveen lived off her money.
So, she didn't really need Praveen.
And when a girl becomes independent,
she doesn't ask anyone.
When Ravina killed her husband,
there were two factors.
One is, she was angry.
There was hate. She held a grudge.
And she also wanted to live a good life.
But her grudge
and anger against Praveen
was too much.
And her love for Suresh was immense.
She could see a good life with him.
And she thought as she had money and power,
she can do anything. And this murder happened.
Your wife and your property...
If you don't keep an eye on them,
others usurp them.
That's what happened to him.
Well, the society where she lived...
It was a patriarchal society.
It was a male-dominated society.
There, women earning and progressing in life,
was seen in a negative way
So, when Ravina became the breadwinner
and started earning,
for the male members, it was very difficult
to digest the fact
that she was earning,
and she was earning more than them.
That's why they disowned her,
saying she is not a part of their society.
Things were fine between them until Ravina was loyal to him.
When she started ignoring him,
he also became violent,
and they started fighting.
He used to drink. When he became a driver,
he started drinking. Because the profession is such.
That's when he started drinking
a little bit. But then, he became an addict.
Initially, he would drink occasionally.
He would drink at parties or weddings.
I mean, he would drink alcohol occasionally.
But gradually,
he started drinking regularly.
But he wasn't drunk all day.
He wouldn't drink all the time.
He would finish his work. And then, he would drink in the evening.
Then, he would go back to work the next morning.
He didn't start drinking more as Ravina started recording reels.
No. He had already started drinking before that.
Look, when
a husband suspects his wife,
or if he catches his wife with some other man...
We don't know how deep their bond was.
Praveen's family told us
that she had an extramarital affair with him.
If his family thinks so,
I am sure Praveen also thought the same.
And no husband can tolerate this.
She thought of killing him... I am telling you.
He used to drink at night.
But he would drink, eat and go to sleep.
That's what she took advantage of.
My brother used to live downstairs.
My brother, Praveen, another nephew
and his family used to live there.
But the other nephew works in Chandigarh.
And my brother had gone out for some work.
Only my brother's grandchildren were at home.
So, she took advantage of that. Her father-in-law wasn't at home.
And Praveen's brother was also at work.
They had been fighting for a while. So, Ravina lost her cool
and called her friend, Suresh.
And as we have been told,
she hit Praveen with a wooden paddle,
which is used to grind chutney.
She hit him on his head out of rage.
So, Praveen fell unconscious
and started bleeding. So, she realised
that she had done something wrong.
Then, she thought she had already hurt him.
So, she decided to get rid of him once and for all.
Then, they strangled him to death using her dupatta.
After the murder,
they wrapped Praveen's dead body
with a bed sheet.
And late at night,
when everyone was fast asleep,
and there was no one on the streets...
Suresh rode the bike.
They kept Praveen's dead body in the middle.
Ravina sat behind, covering her face.
They crossed the city and went to Dinod Road on the outer skirts.
There is a drain
where all the sewage water flows.
They dumped his body there.
And then, they returned home.
People become obsessed when they are in love.
There is an old saying.
Pigeons close their eyes when they see a cat.
They feel that if they ignore the cat, the cat will ignore them.
That's what she felt.
She thought no one would catch her.
She thought it was a well-planned murder.
They discarded his body in the middle of the night.
But they didn't know
that evidence is found these days
very easily. Or, if I may say so, criminals always leave a clue.
The next day, Ravina
stayed at home for a few hours and went to her maternal house.
Praveen's family thought
he must have gone to work.
A couple of days passed.
When his family asked her, she said he had gone to work.
Then we called her
to the hospital.
She already knew everything.
She was the one who had killed him.
But she wasn't nervous. She came home.
She acted normally.
We asked her about Praveen when she arrived.
But she said she didn't know. He was there till midnight.
Then she went to sleep. So, she didn't know when he left.
She didn't even let us feel anything.
She pretended very well.
She knew what to do.
But we suspected her.
We knew they would fight all the time.
So, we were sure
that she was involved in his murder.
His family started doubting her
as soon as the dead body was found.
But they were confused
because he used to drink. Maybe he fell into the drain as he was drunk.
Maybe that's how he died.
They wanted to clear their doubts first.
They objected before his post-mortem
and expressed their doubts.
They had a feeling that he had been murdered.
But they didn't suspect anyone at that time.
They had no clue.
So, they were not taken seriously.
So, the police investigated the crime under Section 174
and termed it an accidental death.
So, we followed her lead
and didn't let her realise that we doubted her.
The investigation began. They started checking the footage.
On a CCTV near their house, a boy wearing a helmet
was seen entering
their lane on a motorcycle at 11 pm.
And when they checked the other camera,
they saw three people leaving that area on a motorcycle.
He was riding the motorcycle.
And someone was sitting in the middle, wrapped in a bed sheet.
And Ravina was sitting at the back, and her face was covered.
She held the one sitting in the middle.
Once they were spotted in the footage,
we were sure that she was behind it.
We identified his clothes.
We knew what pants he was wearing.
And then,
they drove him far away.
They went past here.
I have installed two cameras. So, they were captured on cameras.
His brothers came to check the footage after two days.
His three brothers were here. Sandeep,
Vikas and Pradeep.
They recorded a video and left.
Praveen was sitting in the middle.
A man was riding a motorcyle.
And a lady was sitting at the back.
Praveen's father, Subhash,
filed a complaint at the Sadar Police Station
and accused his daughter-in-law of killing his son.
They gave us a pen drive containing evidence against her.
They looked like suspects. A man was riding the motorcycle,
someone was sitting in the middle,
and someone was sitting at the back, too.
They were spotted near his house in the camera.
Look, every case is different.
Every person has a monopoly.
Every person has a different nature.
So, we can't suspect every case.
Not every culprit is active.
There are two accused. One is his wife, Ravina.
And the other is
her lover or friend
or a fellow co-worker,
named Suresh.
In this case, she was very calm. She was cool.
She was obviously a little scared at that time.
I can't tell you much about it. But...
But while investigating the case,
we do what we have to.
So, we checked their call records. They were connected.
They even called each other after the murder.
Even after we found the evidence,
we didn't let Ravina realise that.
If she realised that we knew everything,
she would have managed to escape the house.
She would have disappeared
or done something else.
She could have committed suicide, too.
So, we...
We also took her to the police,
saying they just wanted to ask her some questions.
We didn't have much information...
During questioning, we learned they had a fight.
And they decided to end the matter once and for all.
It was a pre-planned murder. They even discarded
the body secretly.
After a couple of days,
the body was attacked by wild animals.
The farmers working in the fields nearby
wondered what the wild animals were doing there.
So, they saw his head in the drain,
with his feet out.
They had even covered his feet with grass
so no one could spot the body.
My brother spoke to her in my presence.
He asked Ravina why she killed his son.
She told him he would trouble her a lot.
So, she killed him.
Then, my brother told her
that she could have told him
if that were the case. But she didn't respond to him.
There is no mention of divorce in a culture
like Bhiwani.
Once you get married,
you fulfil that marriage all your life,
whether you are sad or whether you suffer.
Maybe if Praveen's father
or Ravina's
parents and relatives had come
and reasoned with them...
If they had asked them to end the marriage
if they were not happy together, or stay apart for a few days...
Sometimes, the wife's family
takes her home to distract the couple.
There is a period during which a person
is angry. But after a few days, he thinks with a cool head.
Ravina was Praveen's wife.
She used to cook for him and look after their child.
She would do all the household chores. So, Praveen needed her.
And Ravina also needed Praveen
because he would bear the household expenses.
They were attached to each other.
They both needed each other.
She knew that she'd never get a divorce.
The people of Bhiwani will not mind even if her husband
is violent because he was a male.
It's normal for men to become violent.
She knew that she wouldn't get justice.
The motive behind
this entire incident
is money.
She wanted money.
She used to make reels for money.
She wanted to take custody with that money.
Their fights began when she started recording reels
of disputes in a marriage.
That's when their arguments began.
She started cutting Praveen out of her life.
She would hardly stay at home.
She would spend most of her time in her maternal house.
Whenever she came home, they would end up fighting.
There would be a dispute between them.
That's why she started considering Praveen
an obstacle in her way.
Look, I believe
at some point, the victim will take off the clothes.
The garb of a victim has to fall.
It might fall in the form of depression.
There might be a breakdown.
Or it will come out in the form of aggression.
And that anger might lead to murder
or revolt or divorce
or a police complaint.
But the emotions
that's inside for so many years
will come out somewhere.
And something bad will happen.
We just want justice now.
If they have done something of the sort,
they should be punished
by the court.