Delhi: 30-year-old woman asphyxiates husband to marry lover

A 30-year-old woman, in company with her abetter, allegedly murdered her husband in Delhi and tried to put investigation on the wrong track by saying that he had committed suicide, said police on Thursday.

The women and her husband had a 20-year age gap and the couple did not have any child. According to the police the woman was unhappy with her marriage and hatched a plan, with one Veeru Burma and Karan, to murder her husband.

She allegedly had an extra-marital affair with Burma and wanted to marry him, while Karan was staying with the woman and her husband in their house in Delhi’s Budh Vihar area, police said.

The woman's husband was employed in Mayapuri Industrial area, they said.

The woman allegedly throttle her husband with the help of Karan after giving the victim sleeping pills.

They later rushed the victim to a hospital and told doctors that he had committed suicide. However, the doctors notified the police.

On reaching the woman's house, police didn’t come across any evidence indicating towards suicide and the statements of Karan and the woman were also different from one another, a senior official said.

According to investigation, the women wanted to get married to Burma and get the property of her husband.

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