India News | Gurugram: Man Gets Life Term for Killing Pregnant Wife
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A court here sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife by strangling her.
Gurugram, Jul 9 (PTI) A court here sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife by strangling her.
In a verdict announced Friday, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ved Parkash Sirohi convicted the man and also imposed on him a fine of Rs 25,000.
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The order said if the convict failed to pay the fine his imprisonment will be increased.
According to the police file, Mohammad Samid Ansari murdered his wife, Pooja, on June 18, 2019. The couple lived in a rented accommodation in Khandsa village.
Ansari absconded after the incident, and the woman was found lying dead in her house. Ansari was booked for murder at Sector 37 Police Station and police started looking for him.
The post mortem report revealed Ansari had killed his wife by strangling her with a cloth. She was four months pregnant when she was killed.
At length, Ansari was arrested from Jharkhand and was sent to jail.
According to some witnesses who deposed in the case, Ansari was not happy with the marriage and the couple often fought.
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