In what was revealed to be a piece of crucial evidence, the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has now acquired a video clip, stored in a pen drive, where Rohit Shekhar Tiwari had expressed concerns about a potential threat to his life from his wife Apoorva Shukla.
The video was shot seven months before Rohit, the son of the late politician ND Tiwari, was found dead under unnatural circumstances. According to a Times of India (TOI) report, he shot the video hours after his bypass surgery at Max Hospital in Delhi's Saket. The report further quoted him as having said in the video clip, “She has threatened to destroy me and take away everything I have. My wife, Apoorva Shukla, is blackmailing me and mentally torturing me to grab my properties. This may be considered a dying declaration if anything happens to me in the near future."
The Delhi Police on Thursday charge-sheeted Apoorva Shukla for the murder of her husband Rohit Shekhar Tiwari.
Unhappy with the marriage, Apoorva Shukla Tiwari smothered her husband Rohit Shekhar Tiwari to death while he was drunk, the police said after her arrest.
"She was unhappy with the marriage, Apoorva smothered him while Rohit was drunk. She committed the crime herself without any help. She will be produced in the court soon," officials of the Delhi Police Crime Branch said.
Initially, it was suspected that he had died of natural causes but after an autopsy, it was found he was "smothered" with a pillow.
The police further said that Apoorva had managed to keep Rohit's death a secret for almost 14 hours.
On Wednesday, she was taken to the Defence Colony residence where police recreated the crime scene.
Police said Tiwari was short-tempered and the couple often fought over trivial issues since their marriage about a year ago.
