(MENAFN- Live Mint) A 32-year-old man was allegedly choked to death by a 35-year-old woman during sex in a village in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
According to the police, the woman committed the crime because she was being harassed and blackmailed by him.
The body of the deceased, identified as Iqbal, was found on January 30, lying on the stairs inside his house.
The accused was arrested by the Police on Sunday and has been charged with murder.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Northern) Mukesh Chandra Mishra said that on February 1, Iqbal's wife, Shahnaz, filed a murder case, accusing their neighbour of the crime.
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Police detained and interrogated two suspects, and while the accused woman initially misled the police, she later confessed to the murder under strict questioning.
“She revealed that Iqbal had been blackmailing her with recorded phone calls and had allegedly raped her on multiple occasions. Unable to bear the harassment any longer, she planned his murder,” said the officer.
“Iqbal worked as a zari-zardozi artisan, frequently visiting houses in the village to sell clothes, which led to his acquaintance with the accused,” the SP said.
One day, Iqbal invited her to his place and forced her into getting intimate with him, the woman alleged.
When she warned him, Iqbal told her that he had phone recordings and would destroy her family.
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“I have little children, so I endured this. He blackmailed into getting physical with him multiple times. I was tired of this. On Wednesday, Iqbal went to drop his wife at her parents' home. I spoke to him while he was on his way back and told him I wanted to meet,” she said, according to the police statement.
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