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School teacher held for twin murder

Aligarh: A school teacher was arrested on Monday in connection with the twin murder of a retired Aligarh Muslim University official and his wife here. Gulrukh Tarannum has been charged with poisoning Aziz Hasan Farooqui and his wife Rana, who taught at the Aligarh Public School. The victims were Tarannum’s neighbours and close family friends, police said.

SSP Raghubir Lal said Tarannum had forged the signatures of the couple and had siphoned off over Rs.6 lakh from their bank accounts. Later, fearing exposure she decided to kill them by adding poison to their coffee.

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