Ludhiana, April 25 -- A labourer strangulated his wife to death for bearing a girl child in Amar Colony Tajpur Road at wee hours on Thursday. The accused tried to prove that his wife had died a natural death and claimed that she was suffering acute post-delivery pain. However, the police found strangulation marks on the neck of the victim. When posed harshly the accused confessed his crime.

The accused has been identified as Amit Verma, who has been arrested. The family hails from Uttar Pradesh and the accused is a labourer.

Additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) City 4) Mandeep Singh stated that the victim Priyanka, 20, had given birth to a girl child one month ago. The accused Amit Verma was expecting a male child, after the ...