Raipur, Jan 16 (PTI) A 22-year-old man allegedly killed his friend in Raipur in Chhattisgarh after suspecting the latter of have illicit relations with his wife, police said on Sunday.

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Duleshwar Patre (22) of Mungeli district believed his friend Manoj Kumar (39), a native of Punjab, was having an affair with the former's wife, said Dharsinva police station SHO KK Bajpai.

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"Kumar's body was found on January 14. A probe zeroed in on Patre, who at first tried to mislead the police but later confessed to killing Kumar by strangling him in Mohda village," he said.

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