The Thane city police in Maharashtra have arrested a woman for allegedly plotting to kill her husband, who miraculously escaped after being assaulted and thrown into a water body, an official said on Friday, reported the PTI.

A search is on to track down her lover and two others for their alleged involvement in the crime, said the official.

In his complaint to the Kapurbawdi police in Thane, the 43-year-old victim, who married the woman in 2013, said that he was opposed to her extramarital affair. The couple also has a child.

He told the police that at around 2.30 am on September 22, the accused called her husband to the Balkum area in Thane city, where her paramour and two others thrashed him, as per the PTI.

The accused persons then took the complainant to the Mumbra creek and threw him into the water.

The complainant managed to cling to a pillar while being swept away by the current. Local residents and fishermen subsequently rescued him and took him to the civic-run Kalwa hospital. Upon discharge, he filed a police complaint, according to the PTI.

“A case was registered on September 23, and the complainant`s wife was arrested the next day. The search for the woman`s lover and two of his accomplices is underway,” the official said.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 44-year-old man has ended his life by jumping into a river in Kalyan town of Thane district after he called his wife to inform her that he was committing suicide, police said, reported the PTI.

The incident occurred around 10.30 pm on September 19 and his body was found two days later, they said on Thursday.

“He ended his life jumping into the Gandhari river in Kalyan on Friday. Before taking the extreme step, he called his wife on her mobile phone and said he will not return home as he was going to commit suicide. He asked her to take care of their children and then switched off his phone,” an official of Padgha police station said, according to the PTI.

Eyewitnesses, including local fishermen, told the police that a man dressed in white shirt and black trousers was seen jumping from the Gandhari bridge at night. Meanwhile, after his phone call, his wife approached the police and filed a missing person complaint.

After being informed, the police, fire brigade personnel and local fishermen launched a search operation in the river.

After two days of intense search operation, He`s body was found near the riverbank on Sunday. Police carried out a panchnama at the spot before sending the body for post-mortem, the official said, as per the PTI.

A case of accidental death has been registered at the Khadakpada police station in Kalyan and transferred to the Padgha police station for investigation, the news agency reported.

(with PTI inputs)

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