<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/indias-got-latent-row-maharashtra-cyber-asks-ranveer-allahbadia-to-join-questioning-on-feb-24-23485318" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Police</strong></a> on Monday arrested a local AAP leader, his girlfriend and four alleged contract killers in connection with the murder of his wife, who is also a party leader.</p>
<p>Lipsy Mittal (33), wife of Anokh Mittal, was killed on Saturday by robbers near a village here, officials said.</p>
<p>Anokh and his wife Lipsy were returning home after having dinner at a hotel on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road, police had said.</p>
<p>He had initially told the police that robbers intercepted them on Saturday, attacked the couple with sharp-edged weapons and fled with their car.</p>
<p>Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal said that the key conspirator of the murder turned out to be the woman's husband.</p>
<p>He said that the police have arrested her husband and local AAP leader Anokh Mittal (35), also a businessman and his 24-year-old girlfriend.</p>
<p>Police said that Anokh's wife had discovered that her husband had an extramarital affair following which he hatched the plan to his wife with the girlfriend.</p>
<p>The commissioner said that besides Anokh and his girlfriend, four contract killers -- Amritpal Singh alias Balli (26), Gurdeep Singh alias Manni (25), Sonu Singh (24) and Sagardeep Singh alias Teji (30) -- have also been arrested.</p>
<p>He added that Amritpal, Gurdeep and Sonu are from nearby village Nandpur and Sagardeep is a resident of Dhandari Kalan.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the kingpin of the contract killers' gang, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, is still absconding, he said.</p>
<p>Anokh had promised to pay Rs 2.5 lakhs to the contract <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-speeding-van-kills-pillion-injures-rider-in-virar-driver-held-23485427" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>killers</strong></a> and paid Rs 50,000 in advance, the police officer said.</p>
<p>Further investigations were in progress, police said.</p>
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