New Delhi, February 14 A 35-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband following a domestic argument in Sultanpuri, a suburb of outer Delhi, on Saturday, police said.
Police received a PCR call around noon regarding a quarrel at a house in the P-Block area. A team rushed to the scene, where the woman was found lying inside a room with a scarf tied around her neck.
The woman's husband was present at the scene and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, they said, adding that she was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
The couple's two minor sons, who were present in the house at the time of the incident, told police that their father had killed their mother, officials said.
The accused, identified as Anil (39), who works as a driver in the Punjabi Bagh area, has been taken into custody.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the incident stemmed from a domestic dispute, and no evidence of infidelity has surfaced so far, the police added.
The crime team inspected the scene and the body has been preserved in the mortuary for post-mortem, they said.
