Delhi Police have arrested a person accused of strangulating his wife to death and thereafter in his bid to brush his crime under the carpet, cremated the victim at Shamshan Ghat , Sultanpur Manjra.
According to the police on receiving a PCR call on Saturday, they rushed to cremation ground “Shamshan Ghat” located at Sultanpur Manjra where a woman was being cremated under suspicious circumstances by her husband allegedly with the help of 5 to 6 other persons. Subsequently, the funeral pyre was doused and the remains (bones) of the deceased were seized.
The woman (24) was married to one Navin, a resident of Raj Park Sultanpuri. The woman was married for 5 years and had one minor daughter aged 3-4 years.
The husband of the victim was arrested, and during initial interrogation told the police that his wife got electrocuted on Friday. However, on sustained interrogation, the husband admitted to strangulating his wife, suspecting her of having an affair. The husband told the family that she had been electrocuted.
“A case has been registered u/s 302/201 IPC at Police Station Sultanpuri and investigation is underway,” said the police official.