On Saturday, the Yeshwanthpur Police in Bengaluru arrested a woman for allegedly murdering her husband and then inventing an elaborate robbery story so she could live with her boyfriend.

"The lady confessed to the crime when we confronted her with the evidence," a police officer told The Indian Express. "We found the knife she used to kill her husband."

The police also stated that they have launched a manhunt to arrest the woman's boyfriend, who is suspected of being an accomplice.

Dilli Rani (27) lived with her husband Shankar Reddy and their seven-year-old kid. Her husband worked at a private business in Yeshwanthpur as an accountant.

The police said that on Thursday, their son woke up in the middle of the night and saw his parents lying in a pool of blood. He ran to their landlord’s house to seek help and both of them were brought to the hospital. Shankar was declared dead on arrival while Dilli Rani had cuts on her hand.

However, the police grew suspicious when Dilli Rani began making conflicting statements and a gold chain she said was missing was found hidden in a cloth. The crime scene also showed no signs of forced entry, and Rani's injuries were determined to be self-inflicted.

Meanwhile, her phone records showed that she was in a relationship with a guy from her hometown and had planned to murder her husband in order to live with her boyfriend. The police are presently looking for her boyfriend, who has gone missing.