Man arrested for strangling wife over suspected affair
A man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife in Gurugram’s Sector 61 area on January 28 over suspicions that she was in an illicit relationship with another person, the police said on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Abrar from Uttar Pradesh.
Police received information on January 28 that a 20-year-old woman, identified as Saloon, had been brought to the hospital. A team from the Bhondsi police station reached the hospital, took custody of the body, and placed it in the mortuary.
On January 29, the victim’s sister told the police that her sister used to live with Abrar in a rented accommodation in Sector-61. Initially, the sister claimed that Saloon had died due to an illness.
However, the autopsy report revealed that she had been strangled to death, leading to the registration of a murder case at Sector-65 police station. During the investigation, police apprehended the accused husband, Abrar, on Saturday in Gurugram.
Preliminary questioning revealed that Saloon and Abrar frequesntly quarrelled, and Abrar was the prime suspect as he had been absconding after the incident.
He later admitted that he suspected his wife of having an illicit relationship with another person. The two had a heated argument on January 28, during which Abrar strangled Saloon to death.
In addition to this case, the Gurugram police have arrested two more individuals for allegedly killing a 46-year-old man, Rakesh, who had been demanding Rs 30,000 that he had lent to one of the accused.
The victim, Rakesh, was a resident of Mahavir Enclave, Palam, Delhi. The accused have been identified as Heera Kumar and Shivam, who were arrested on Saturday. Prime accused Avnish Kumar and his accomplice Bobby Kumar, residents of Uttar Pradesh, were arrested on Friday.