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Delhi: Woman kills abusive husband, sleeps with corpse for 2 days

PTI
Published : Jul 28, 2017, 8:10 am IST
Updated : Jul 28, 2017, 8:10 am IST

On the third day, she told her neighbours that her husband had suffered a cardiac arrest.

Representational Image. (Photo: File)
 Representational Image. (Photo: File)

New Delhi: A 32-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband in south west Delhi's Kapashera area, police said on Thursday.

The woman killed her husband on July 22 and slept besides the body for two days. On the third day, she told her neighbours that her husband had suffered a cardiac arrest, they said.

The neighbours, who smelled something fishy, informed the police and the woman was arrested.

The woman confessed to her crime and said she killed her husband as he used to often beat her, police added.

Tags: marital abuse, murder, crimes against women, indian penal code
Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi