Rohtak, May 13 -- Jhajjar police arrested an 18-year-old youth for allegedly strangling his married woman friend and throwing her body near a pond at Ruriawas village in the district on May 4. The accused Manjeet Kumar, who turned 18 years of age last month hails from Bahu village in Jhajjar and the deceased Rekha was married in the same village.

Salahawas police -station house officer Harish Kumar said that the accused was absconding after the murder. He confessed to his crime telling the police that after an altercation broke out between him and Rekha on May 4 when he went to drop her at Jharli power plant.

"The woman's body was spotted by a resident of Ruriawas village on May 4 and he informed the police. We circulated a picture of t...