KANPUR: Suspecting his wife of having an illicit affair, a 46-year-old man shot her dead at their home in
Kanhau Yaqubpur area under the limits og
Mohammadabad Kotwali police station in
Farrukhabad district on Thursday.
The incident took place at around 8 a.m. after a scuffle broke out between
Anil Katheria and his 42-year-old wife
Preeti, a senior police officer said.
Locals caught
Katheria and alerted
Mohammadabad police. An FIR has been lodged in this regard.
Accused, who was arrested soon after the incident, confessed to investigators that he killed his wife as she was having an illicit affair with a man, the officer said.
"As per Anil, he had reprimanded his wife on many occasions, but she did not pay heed to his warnings," the officer said further.