NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has arrested a 19-year-old man more than a month after he allegedly strangled his wife to death and buried her body in a forest near Ashok Vihar in Delhi. The accused Vicky murdered his wife and, buried her body in the forest near Ashok Vihar in December last year, officials said.
Incidentally, on February 8, a dog got stuck in the pit at the very place where Vicky had buried his wife’s body.
Police officials had received a PCR call that a dog had got stuck inside a pit in the jungle area. "During the rescue operation for the animal, we discovered Sapna’s body,” officials added.
On December 26, Vicky, who had an argument with his wife Sapna, first strangled her to death under the influence of alcohol and then buried her in the forest with the help of his brother.
Officials said that Vicky then fled from his home and the incident came to light only after Sapna’s mother, Savitri, lodged a missing report for both of them with the police on January 25, after which a search operation was conducted to find them.
With the help of technical surveillance and human intelligence, the police found that Sapna’s husband was involved and nabbed him.
A case has been resgistered and further investigations are underway.