A 35-year-old woman from Bareily’s Gotiya village was allegedly burnt to death by her husband after he found her in a compromising state with another man.
Following the incident, a charred body of the woman, identified as Anjali was found in a field near the village late on Saturday night. The area where the deceased was found comes under the Shahi Police Station.
The woman’s husband Nepal Singh, was arrested by the police on murder charges after her family accused him of burning her alive.
During police interrogation, Nepal Singh confessed to killing his wife as she was in an extramarital affair with another man.
As per police, on Saturday night, Singh saw his wife lying on a stack of straw with a man, following which he set the stack on fire and left.
Police said that Anjali’s body was sent for post mortem, however no information has been received about the man with whom she was found in an intimate state.
Earlier this year, a woman was allegedly killed by her husband on suspicion of having an extramarital affair. The incident occured in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur and her body was found from inside a water tank in their house, chopped into several pieces.
The victim, Sati Sahu, was killed by her husband, Pavan Thakur, some 1-2 months before her body parts were dumped in a water tank in his house in Uslapur, Bilaspur, police were quoted as saying by ANI.
After noticing a foul odour coming from a room close to the bathroom, police recovered the body parts, wrapped in tape and polythene, from an empty water tank.
(with PTI inputs)