Man Arrested For Killing Wife Over Dowry In Delhi: Police

The accused, Kuldeep Singh Rana, works as an assistant to a contractor, police said.

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly strangling his newly-wed wife to death after a fight over dowry in south Delhi's Maidangarhi area, police said. The accused, Kuldeep Singh Rana, works as an assistant to a contractor, they said. On Wednesday, Rana and his wife (25) returned to Delhi from the woman's parental house at Golapar in Uttarakhand. Later, Rana beat his wife after consuming alcohol leading to her death, police said. The couple got married on 26 April this year, police said, adding the woman's body was found lying on the bed in her bedroom Thursday morning.