India, April 8 -- A railway employee was allegedly killed by his wife by strangulation in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, police said on Tuesday. The case comes a month after a merchant navy officer was killed by his wife and her lover in the state's Meerut district.

The motive of the murder remains unclear. The woman tried to portray her husband's death as a case of natural death, but her foul play was revealed through an autopsy.

The couple married approximately one-and-a-half years ago after being in a relationship and have a six-month-old daughter, PTI reported.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjeev Vajpayee said the deceased, Deepak, was found dead at his rental residence in Najibabad's Adarsh Nagar area.

Deepak's wi...