Palghar: Man strangles wife to death on suspicion of her character

Police have arrested a man in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly strangulating his 32-year-old wife to death, suspecting her character, an official said.

The offence took place on Thursday afternoon, he said. The couple lived in Dhanvepada in the district. The man doubted the woman's character, which triggered frequent fights between them, the police official said.

Losing his temper during one such fight on Thursday, the 39-year-old man strangled his wife, he said. After the police were alerted about it, a team went to the spot and sent the woman's body to a government hospital for post-mortem and later arrested her husband, Ashok Marade, on the charge of killing her.