Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Sep 29 (PTI) A 21-year-old pregnant woman in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district was strangled to death allegedly by her lover for "pressurising" him to marry her, police said on Thursday.

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The incident occurred in Haldia village on Wednesday night, a senior officer said, adding that the accused surrendered himself in the local police station and confessed the crime.

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The man was under pressure ever since the woman kept on coercing him to marry her, which he did not want, the police officer said.

Both had gone to a nearby forest, where the accused strangled her to death, he said.

Her body was recovered on Thursday and sent for post-mortem in Sadar Hospital, Chaibasa, the district headquarters, he added.

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