Mumbai:
Nalasopara police arrested a man for allegedly strangulating his wife and trying to pass her death as suicide on Friday.
According to the Nalasopara police Javed Khan, 32, a resident of Jasmine society in Evershine Nagar rushed to Cardinal Hospital on Thursday along with his wife who was in an unconscious state. Jhara, 27, was declared dead on arrival.
He told the doctors on duty that Jhara had committed suicide by hanging herself in their house. Doctors immediately informed the police who rushed to the spot.
During preliminary investigation, police found discrepancies in Javed's statement about the incident. When the police visited his residence they didn't find a rope. The post-mortem report indicated that Jhara was strangled. On interrogation, Javed confessed that he had killed Jhara over a heated argument.
Both got married six months ago, Jhara had a three-year-old daughter from her first marriage. She wanted to keep her daughter with them over which they had an argument on Thursday. "We have booked Javed under section 302 (murder) and 203 (misleading investigation)," said an official from Nalasopara police station.