Bhopal news: Husband murdered his wife, burnt her body and then buried her, arrested

BHOPAL: A 26-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death on suspicion of her having an affair, took the body in his auto-rickshaw, burnt it and then buried it near a dump yard in Bhopal, police said on Sunday.The incident took place on May 21 and a man named Nadeem Uddin was arrested on Saturday, Nishatpura police station sub-inspector MD Ahirwar, the investigating officer in the case, said.Police have also recovered some burnt body parts of the 22-year-old victim and sent them for examination, he said.The woman was staying at her parents’ house in Murli Nagar after her relationship with her husband soured, he said.She went missing on May 21, following which her parents lodged a complaint with the police. The Nishatpura police launched an investigation and detained the man, who during interrogation admitted to killing his wife, the official said. The accused told the police that he suspected his wife was in a relationship with another man, he said. On May 21, the accused called his wife on her mobile and asked her to come to Karond square. When she met him, the accused took her mobile phone and after watching a video in it, he got angry and in a fit of rage, he allegedly strangulated her to death, Ahirwar said. He then took the body in his auto-rickshaw to a spot about 2 km away and burnt it by pouring kerosene on a garbage heap, where he later buried it, he said. Some half-burnt parts of the body have been recovered and sent for examination, he said. The accused has been booked under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and other charges, the official said. The police are questioning the accused and further investigating the case, he said.