Murder accused suspected Shehla Masood of affair with husband

February 29, 2012 15:09

Two accused, including a city-based architect who allegedly orderd hit on RTI activist Shehla Masood, will be today produced in a designated CBI court of Indore.

The CBI yesterday arrested interior designer Zahida Parvez from Bhopal, while the identity of the contract killer allegedly hired by her to execute the crime has not been disclosed.

The duo would be produced in the special CBI court of Judge Shubra Singh, sources said, adding both the accused were taken to Indore by CBI officials this morning.

According to sources, Zahida has confessed before CBI sleuths that it was she who had ordered Masood's murder because she was suspicious of the activist's relations with her husband.

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