Man arrested for killing wife over dowry in Delhi

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for pressuring his newly-wed wife to death after a fight over dowry in south Delhi's Maidangarhi area.

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for pressuring his newly-wed wife to death after a fight over dowry in south Delhi's Maidangarhi area.The accused, Kuldeep Singh Rana, who works as an assistant to a contractor, says on Wednesday, Rana and his wife returned to Delhi from the woman's parental house at Golapar in Uttarakhand. After that, coming back Rana has beaten up his wife, as he was consumed with alcohol that time which led her to death.The couple had been happily married on 26 April this year, police added, and the woman's body was found lying on the bed in her bedroom on   Thursday morning.

The bluish marks were found near the neck and face of the woman and prima facie, it appears that she has strangled to death. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur says, "A case of murder has been registered and the accused husband has been arrested in the case". As though the Preliminary investigation revealed the men fight over dowry-related demands. Though the accused had received the dowry, he wanted the land and property to be registered in his name, police added.