- Thursday, February 27, 2025
Two men other than the husband were arrested in connection to the crime after the victim’s body was found in a forest area.
By: Shubham Ghosh
IN a shocking incident, a man allegedly strangled his wife whom he married after ‘buying’ for Rs 70,000 (£663) as he was not displeased with her behaviour and left the body in a forest area.
The incident happened in Fatehpur Beri area of southwest Delhi and was confirmed by the police on Wednesday (9).
The police said the accused, named Dharamveer, was arrested along with two other men who allegedly helped him in committing the murder.
According to the Press Trust of India which cited deputy commissioner of police (DCP), south, Chandan Chowdhary, the police received a call on Saturday (5) about a woman’s body found in a forest in Fatehpur Beri area and cops rushed to the spot to recover it.
An investigation was launched into the case and with the help of technical surveillance, an autorickshaw (three-wheel vehicles used as rented ones) was found making suspicious movement in the area around 1.40 am on Saturday, Chowdhary said.
The vehicle’s route was tracked and its registration number was identified. Its driver Arun was apprehended, the DCP added. He later identified the victim as Sweety, wife of Dharamveer, his brother-in-law. He confessed that he and Dharamveer, along with another of his brother-in-law Satyavan, strangulated the woman near the border with the neighbouring state of Haryana and dumped the body in the forest, the DCP said.
The driver told the police that he was aware of the topography of the area and the accused chose the forest area for the commission of crime and the disposal of the body, she said.
Arun said Dharamveer was not happy with the behaviour of his wife because she often eloped from her house for months without any information.
The accused said Sweety never talked about her parents or family members. She only said that she hailed from Patna in Bihar, police said.
A case under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender) and 34 (common intention) of the India Penal Code has been registered at Fatehpur Beri police station in connection with the murder of the woman, they said.
The auto-rickshaw used in the commission of the crime has been seized, police said, adding further investigation in the case is in progress, the DCP said.
The preliminary probe has revealed that the accused took the woman along with them on the pretext of dropping her at a railway station.
It is suspected that the victim’s husband gave money to an acquaintance of his wife. It is also not clear where the woman used to go after leaving her husband’s house, police said, adding that these facts are being verified.
(With PTI inputs)
