MEERUT, Aug. 2 -- A 28-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing his 25-year-old pregnant wife in Amheda village under Ganganagar police station limits in Meerut. The victim, Sapna, was seven months pregnant and had been married to the accused, Ravishankar Jatav, for just eight months, police said.

According to police, Ravishankar visited his in-laws' house on Saturday morning, where Sapna had been staying for the Teej festival. He reportedly convinced her to close her eyes under the pretext of placing a locket around her neck and then allegedly slit her throat before stabbing her multiple times.

Soon after the incident, Ravishankar called the police control room and said, "I have killed my wife. Her dead body is at ho...