A divorced woman after murdering her ex-husband surrendered to the police in Dehradun on Sunday night. The woman identified herself as Salma, ex-wife of Gayyur Khan, a resident of Chorkahla area of Dehradun.
Taking cognisance of her confession, Vasant Vihar police went to the home, where they found the body of deceased ex-husband Gayyur Khan in a pool of blood with his throat slit open. Police seized the knife that was used and other evidence from the crime scene. Salma was arrested and body of the deceased been sent for post mortem.
During police interrogation 30-year old Salma informed that she and Gayyur Khan, aged 27-years, got married in the year 2017. Soon after their love marriage, Gayyur told Salma that his parents are unhappy with the marriage and had disowned him.
After that he suggested divorce for the sake of placating his family. So they got divorced and started living together in a rented room in Sridev Suman Nagar. Salma told the police that Gayyur used to sexually and mentally harass her, because of which she was mentally stressed out. Then on the night of April 7, she mixed about half a dozen sleeping pills in the liquor which he consumed. After drinking the spiked liquor, he lost his consciousness. She then tied his hands, legs and mouth with a tape and cut his throat slit open.
Police have filed a case against Salma on murder charges. She was presented in the court on Monday from where she was sent to jail.