Model and her married lover are arrested ‘for hiring hit men to shoot dead his school teacher wife’ after she found out about their affair in India.

A Bollywood star and model and her married lover were arrested today in New Delhi on suspicion of hiring a hit team to murder the lover’s wife, a primary school teacher.

Half-British actress and model Angel Gupta was arrested together with lover – named only as Manjeet – and her father Rajeev, who had helped them in the conspiracy, the police said.

Teacher Sunita, who has a 16-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son, was shot dead in broad daylight three days before the arrests after she found out about the affair between Gupta, also known as Shashi Prabha, and Manjeet.

An investigating officer, who did not want to be named, told theHindustan Times, ‘We had recovered Sunita’s diary, which contained crucial details of her husband’s affair. Sunita’s daughter knew about the diary. She had told us about it.’

Sunita, 37, was was shot three times on Monday morning in the Bawana area of Delhi while she was on the way to her school.

Her body was found by a passer-by as it lay next to her scooter.

She was declared dead on arrival at a local hospital.

The police dismissed a theory that it was a robbery gone wrong because nothing of her possessions, including cash and mobile phone, had been stolen.

The Hindustan Times reported that Sunita’s family members alerted the police to their fears that the husband could have been involved in the murder, saying they knew about Manjeet’s affair with Angel.