Mumbai Crime: 22-year-old woman detained for killing her husband by poisoning and strangling him to death

Mumbai Crime: 22-year-old woman detained for killing her husband by poisoning and strangling him to death

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 01:24 AM IST
Mumbai Crime: 22-year-old woman detained for killing her husband by poisoning and strangling him to death

The police have detained a 22-year-old woman for allegedly killing her husband by poisoning and strangling him to death in Kalyan.

According to Mumbai Mirror, the accused has been identified as Vrushali Jagdish Salunkhe and the deceased has been identified as Jagdish Salunkhe. Jagdish Salunkhe worked in a pharma company in Ambernath. The couple had married on December 29, 2018, and the cops were informed that their marriage was not going well. The police have said that they would later arrest Vrushali for allegedly killing her husband. The Kolsewadi police in Kalyan has also said that she also made up the story and told them that thieves broke into their house and killed her husband.

The incident took place on March 6 in Usha-Sadan Co-Operative Society, Kolsewadi, Kalyan East. Initially, Vrushali had told police that thieves had entered their apartment and killed her husband. But after the postmortem report came, the cops learned that poison was found in Jagdish’s body. The body also had strangulation marks. The cops have said that in past Jagdish had experienced discomfort after eating food his wife had cooked. After which the cops suspected that Vrushali may have tried to poison Jagdish. Later after questioned Vrushali several times, she confessed to having to commit the crime.