GURUGRAM: A 25-year-old security guard has been arrested after he allegedly killed his wife and tried to pass it off as suicide by hanging her from a ceiling fan in IMT Manesar on Sunday. According to police, the man had a strained relationship with his wife.
After a post-mortem revealed that she was strangulated, her brother has filed a complaint against the guard, following which he was arrested on Monday.
Ranjeet Kumar (25), who is from Madhepura district of Bihar, stayed at a rented room in Sector 7 of IMT Manesar and worked as a security guard with a private company.
He got married to Sudha (22) five years ago, and the couple has a three-year-old daughter who lives with her grandparents in Bihar.
A police officer said Ranjeet suspected his wife was having an extramarital affair, which was the reason behind frequent arguments between the couple.
The couple had gone to their hometown before the lockdown and returned to Gurugram two months ago.
On Friday, Sudha (22) had gone out for some work. When she returned home in the evening, Ranjeet was waiting for her. He allegedly again accused her of having an affair, which led to an argument and scuffle. Ranjeet allegedly strangled her to death, and then hung her from a ceiling fan for a while. He then took her to a nearby private hospital, where he told doctors that Sudha committed suicide and he came home to find her hanging. She was declared brought dead by doctors.
Sudha’s brother Ranjeet Singh, who lives in Chandigarh, received a call later on Friday from her husband, who told him that she had tried to kill herself and had been admitted to a hospital in Manesar.
He reached Gurugram the next day. “My brother-in-law called me to say that Sudha had hanged herself, but I couldn’t believe him and rushed to see her,” he said. Police were informed and a post-mortem was carried out.
The post-mortem report, which Sudha’s brother received on Sunday, stated that the cause of death was asphyxia due to ante-mortem strangulation. It also said nail clippings of both hands revealed foreign tissue and blood.
“Sudha’s family was shocked to find out that Sudha was strangled to death and later hanged to a ceiling fan. Her brother filed a police complaint on Sunday,” said police spokesperson Subhash Boken. An FIR was registered under Section 302 (murder) of IPC at IMT Manesar police station the same day, and Ranjeet was arrested on Monday. He has been sent to judicial custody.