A 26-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested for forcing her wife to drink a mosquito repellant liquid and for strangling her to death afterwards.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the man killed his wife after he found out that she was talking with another man on WhatsApp.

Reports suggest that the incident happened in Agra.

Sonu, a vegetable seller, strangled Anjali, her wife, to death after he found out that she was talking with another man on WhatsApp.

Sonu and Anjali have been married for 9 years and are parents to 2 children.

Udayveer Singh Malik, the Station House Officer of the Etmadud-Daula Police Station, said, “Sonu was infuriated to find his wife chatting with another man over the phone. He first forced her to drink a mosquito repellent and then strangulated her to death with a long piece of cloth in the evening.”

The incident happened when the 2 kids were sleeping.

The dead body of Anjali was found in an empty plot that was near their house.

A search operation was launched after the father of Anjali registered a missing complaint about her daughter.

The police launched a search party and her body was found in an empty plot near their house.

The body of Anjali was sent for an autopsy and has been handed back to her family members.

Officials have arrested Sonu, the husband of Anjali, and have been booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.