26-year-old UP man kills 52-year-old lover over pressure for marriage

As per the report, the man strangled the woman to death after she pressured him to marry her.

Uttar Pradesh police officials stated that a man from the state, aged 26, allegedly killed his 52-year-old lover because she pressured him to marry her. The police have now arrested the accused in the case.

Police arrest a UP man for killing his lover.

Weeks after a woman was strangled to death in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, police officials have arrested the accused in the case. As per reports, the accused, Arun Rajput, was arrested on Monday for the murder of the woman. As per India Today, the victim was identified as 52-year-old Rani, a resident of UP’s Farrukhabad. Police also stated that the 26-year-old Rajput strangled the woman to death after he refused to marry her.

What did the UP police say in the matter?

Arun Kumar Singh, SP Mainpuri, told reporters, “On August 11, a woman’s body was recovered near KharpariBamba in the Kotwali police station area… We had registered an FIR in the case, and the investigation was underway… In this connection, the accused Arun Rajput, who murdered the woman, has been arrested.” He further said, “During interrogation, it was revealed that about one and a half years ago, the woman and the accused used to talk on Instagram… They exchanged phone numbers two months ago, and then they met several times… They were talking to each other at the scene of the incident.”

A police official was quoted as saying by ANI, “The woman had pressured him to marry her. The woman also asked him to return ₹1-1.5 lakhs he had borrowed… The accused said that he was tense for many days. Seeing the opportunity, he strangled her and killed her… After the murder, he removed the SIM card from her mobile and took it with him. The mobile phone has been recovered.” As per an NDTV report, Rajput strangled Rani with her dupatta. The woman was a mother of four and had also allegedly used an Instagram filter to make herself look younger, something the accused cited as a reason for refusing to marry her despite their relationship.