Hyderabad: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband at their house in Uppal on Wednesday. After allegedly committing the murder, the accused tried to mislead her family by claiming that she had died by suicide. However, based on the injury marks on her throat and statements from her family, police registered a murder case and arrested the accused.The deceased was identified as G Priyanka, a homemaker, while the accused is her husband, G Rajasekhar (26), an auto driver. The couple married in 2020 and have a five-year-old daughter.At around 6 am on Wednesday, Rajasekhar called his father-in-law, Sakru, and informed him that Priyanka had hanged herself.“By the time we reached their house, Priyanka’s body had already been shifted to Gandhi Hospital. We noticed lacerations and bruises on her throat, and we believe Rajasekhar strangled my daughter to death over suspicions about her fidelity,” Sakru alleged.Sakru (65), a farmer from Vasram Thanda in Mahabubabad, also alleged that Rajasekhar frequently quarrelled with Priyanka, suspecting that she was talking to other men, and that the couple divorced by mutual consent in June 2026. Sakru said that about three months ago, Priyanka agreed to reunite with Rajasekhar following family intervention. Thereafter, Rajasekhar began living with Priyanka and their daughter in a rented house in Uppal.Sakru appealed to the police to take appropriate legal action against Rajasekhar. “We registered a murder case under Section 103(1) (murder) of the BNS against Rajasekhar on Wednesday. Following the postmortem examination, he was arrested and remanded in judicial custody,” Uppal ACP Y Venkat Reddy said.
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