A 35-year old woman was strangulated to death by her husband at Mother India Colony under Shahjehanabad police station area on Tuesday.
According to the police, the deceased Seema Bhargava was found in an unconscious state in the morning on Tuesday and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead. Police were informed and after the preliminary investigation the body sent for the post mortem.
SP Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said that in the post mortem report it was confirmed that the deceased was strangulated to death and at the time of the incident deceased’s husband Mohan Bhargava was present who came home in an inebriated state and had a fight with the deceased. Seema’s daughter has witnessed that her parents fought in the night and later her mother was found dead.
The two agreed for settlement in the year 2006 after battling in court regarding complaint made by the deceased against the accused of harassment and domestic violence. last year the deceased after facing harassment for long approached police but claimed that she would not be able to fight in the court and based on her complaint the accused was arrested, he added.
The deceased used to work as domestic help and her husband works as labour. Her husband is a habitual drinker and used to fight and assault the deceased frequently. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Till the filing of the report the accused was not arrested and police claimed that the accused would be nabbed as the autopsy report came late in the evening which confirmed that the death occurred due to strangulation.