Man suspects wife of cheating on him, murders her in front of 2-year-old daughter

He told police he was inebriated and had a quarrel with Reshma on Friday over her friendship with two men.

New Delhi: A 23-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death, suspecting her of cheating on him, in front of their two-year-old daughter in Delhi, police said on Sunday. Accused Kamil walked into the Kamla Market police station in the early hours of Sunday and confessed to the murder, they said.

He told police the body was lying inside their second floor flat in Kamla Market area.

Police found Reshma's (22) body which had already turned blue, a senior police officer said, adding that the murder might have taken place on Friday. "It was learnt he had killed her on Friday and kept sitting with the body on Saturday as he was in a state of confusion on whether to dump it somewhere or confess to his crime," he said.

Kamil told police he was inebriated and had a quarrel with Reshma on Friday over her friendship with two men. He admitted that he beat her up and strangled her later, he added.

"A police team visited Kamil's residence and found the body of her wife, identified as Reshma, 22, lying on the mattress. Her face had turned bluish. Kamil was later arrested," Deputy Commissioner of Police Mandeep Singh Randhawa said.

During interrogation, he revealed that he suspected Reshma`s character and thought she was involved in an extra-marital affair. Kamil used to have frequent fights with Reshma over the issue, the police officer said. "Following an argument between the husband and the wife on Saturday, Kamil strangled her to death. 

He was, however, filled with remorse after Reshma had died, the officer added.

The couple were married for three years and Kamil worked as a peon at the Ambedkar University, police said.