Man arrested for killing pregnant wife
PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 3 -- A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his pregnant wife in the Holagarh development block in the trans-Ganga region of Prayagraj district late Thursday night. Police allege the accused strangled his wife and later hung the body from a ceiling fan to make it appear as suicide.
The deceased has been identified as Khushboo Maurya, 30. She was reportedly around four months pregnant. Following information from the victim's family, police reached the spot, took the body into custody, and sent it for a postmortem examination. Based on a complaint filed by the victim's father, Lal Bahadur Maurya, a resident of Balkaranpur village in the Soraon police station area, a case of murder has been registered against the husband, Rajneesh Maurya, who works as a driver. He has been taken into custody and is being questioned, police said.
Khushboo and Rajneesh, married about 10 years ago, had two children: a six-year-old daughter and a two-and-a-half-year-old son. Family members alleged that disputes between the couple were frequent, reportedly over the husband's frequent phone conversations with another woman. On Thursday night, an argument reportedly broke out after the accused returned home late, following which the incident occurred.
Khushboo's brother, Shailendra Maurya, said that when he reached his sister's house after the incident, his two-and-a-half-year-old nephew told him in a stammering voice, "Papa has killed Mummy." Holagarh station in-charge Virendra Mishra said a case was registered, and further legal action will be taken after the postmortem....
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