Mumbai: Man held for strangling wife, lying about death

MUMBAI: A 27-year-old man who strangled his wife and then rushed her to hospital, stating that she died after falling in the bathroom, was arrested by Bhandup police.
Sonu Jha, who works for an online food ordering and delivery platform, was held under IPC sections for murder and dowry death, and was remanded to police custody.
On Saturday night, Sonu took Sona to Mulund general hospital.
“Initially, doctors believed him and as she had died outside hospital in unknown circumstances, her body was sent for a post-mortem. Doctors found ligature marks on her neck and immediately alerted police that it was a unnatural death, after which we registered an offence of murder and detained Sonu,’’ said senior inspector Sham Shinde.
Sonu later admitted he killed his wife. Police said the Rajaramwadi couple, married for around six years, used to quarrel frequently.
On Saturday night, he came home late and an argument broke out. Sonu strangled her with a sari, and when she fell unconscious called his brother-in-law Abdul Usman Shaikh (21), and informed him that Sonia fell unconscious.