A 21-year-old-woman was strangled to death by a jilted lover, who was stalking her since last few days in Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area, after she declined his marriage proposal.
“On Saturday afternoon at around 2:30 pm a Police Control Room (PCR) call was received regarding suicide by a young woman. A police team had rushed to the spot and during investigation police found that the woman, in her mid twenties, had been strangulated,” said Aslam Khan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northwest district. The accused, Ravi (22), who hails from Aligarh and was living in Bhalswa Dairy area has been arrested, police added.
“During interrogation the accused revealed that he had proposed the deceased several times. He even started working at a godown infront of her house and used to stalk the woman. Despite being married the accused had few days earlier proposed her to marry him, to which the woman had declined, subsequently he decided to murder her,” said DCP.
“On Saturday after the husband of the deceased, who works as a vegetable vendor left the house. Around 12: 30 pm the accused went to her and proposed her to marry him. But she refused and there was scuffle between them house following which the accused strangulated her,” DCP added.
“The accused murdered the woman as he was in love with her and it was a one sided love. A police case under section 302 of IPC has been registered,” said DCP.