When 25-year-old Shivani Verma was riding her two-wheeler to the middle school where she was a teacher, she was intercepted by two motorcycle-borne men and shot dead in what police later found was a case of mistaken identity.

The incident took place on December 3 morning in Narpatganj in Bihar’s Araria district.

According to police, the seeds of the crime were sown when Husn Ara, also known as Husnan, suspected that her husband was having an affair with a teacher at a primary school in Khabdah village in Narpatganj.

“Acting on this suspicion, she conspired with two men, identified as Raja and Chhotu, to eliminate the teacher she believed was involved with her husband,” Araria SP Anjani Kumar said on Friday.

Police alleged that the two intermediaries arranged a contract killing for Rs 3

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