Bijnor (UP), Nov 10 (PTI) A man who was already married allegedly strangled his 26-year-old lover to death after spiking

Bijnor (UP), Nov 10 (PTI) A man who was already married allegedly strangled his 26-year-old lover to death after spiking

Bijnor (UP), Nov 10 (PTI) A man who was already married allegedly strangled his 26-year-old lover to death after spiking

Bijnor (UP), Nov 10 (PTI) A man who was already married allegedly strangled his 26-year-old lover to death after spiking her cold drink with alcohol, slit her throat and dumped the body in bushes, police said on Tuesday.

     According to police, the woman had been pressuring the accused, Vikas, for marriage, so he decided to eliminate her.

     Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Gautam Rai said that Rekha, a resident of Kutubpur Gawri village under Chandpur police station, had filed a missing person report for her daughter, Rakhi, on November 8.

     Acting on suspicion, the police detained Vikas for questioning.

     During interrogation, he confessed to the murder and revealed that on September 28, he took Rakhi to a forest area near Bawanpura village and gave her a cold drink mixed with alcohol.

     He then strangled her with her 'dupatta' and slit her throat with a knife, subsequently hiding the body in the bushes.

     The Additional SP said that acting on information provided by Vikas, the police recovered Rakhi's remains on Monday.

     During questioning, Vikas disclosed that the two had been in a relationship for about a year and a half. Rakhi had been insisting on marriage, but Vikas was already married.

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