A woman who allegedly masterminded the murder of her husband to fraudulently claim insurance money was arrested along with her four accomplices by the Khammam rural police on Sunday.

According to the police, the prime accused, identified as 40-year-old Chaganti Prashanti, allegedly purchased an insurance policy in the name of her husband Chaganti Ravi (55), a painter, of Gandhinagar in Khammam as part of a conspiracy to make bogus insurance claim.

She allegedly hatched a murder plot and executed it along with her accomplices a week ago.

One of the accused, identified as 28-year-old Rajkumar, allegedly hit Ravi with a car from behind, killing him on the spot at Venkatayapalem in Khammam rural mandal on March 2, 2026. The accused allegedly tried to project the gory murder as a road accident.

A detailed investigation by the police unravelled the pre-planned murder plot and led to the arrest of all the five accused, including Prashanti.