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A 40-year-old woman, Sushma Sharma, was allegedly strangled by her husband, Dinesh Sharma, early Sunday in Tri Nagar, North Delhi, police said.
The incident was reported at 1:05 am, when police responding to the call found Sushma Sharma lifeless inside a single-room accommodation on the fourth floor of a house.
According to police, Dinesh Sharma, a priest at Shiv Mandir in Kanhaiya Nagar, confessed to strangling his wife with a gamchha and pressing a pillow over her face.
Officers said frequent domestic quarrels may have triggered the crime. At the time of the incident, the couple’s 11-year-old daughter was asleep in the same room.
Police have taken Dinesh Sharma into custody and are investigating the case under relevant criminal provisions.
