Ghaziabad: Man Kills Wife Over Argument, Stays With Body For 4 Days. Arrested

The crime was brought to light when the accused, Bharat Singh, sat in front of his house and screamed his confession about murdering his wife, NDTV reported. He then asked his neighbours to call the police after which he was arrested on Saturday.

The incident took place in a rented one-room flat located in Ghaziabad’s housing colony in Ambedkar Nagar. The accused’s 51-year-old wife has been identified as Sunita. As per the senior police officer Naresh Kumar, the accused had choked his wife to death during an altercation over a family issue.

“We were informed by the neighbours that Bharat had choked his wife Sunita to death. On reaching there, we found the body at their home. The murder appears to have happened at least three days back. We have arrested the accused. He has told us during questioning that he killed his wife during an altercation over a family issue. We have informed the woman’s family members and sent the body for autopsy,” NDTV quoted the senior police official saying.

A neighbour reportedly said that they were clueless about the crime and got to know about the murder only after Singh confessed it and said that he wanted to surrender before the police. The neighbour also said that the deceased’s body was at home for around four to five days and was recovered only after the police arrived.

As per NDTV’s reports, another neighbour revealed that Singh used to sit outside his home and tell every passer-by about how he had murdered his wife. He added that the accused used to sit and scream “I have killed my wife, get me arrested.”

A senior police official, however, told TOI that the locals had also become suspicious as “there was a foul smell emanating from the house. Neighbours who went there also saw the body of the woman on the bed and alerted the police.”