The Gurugram police on Monday arrested a man for allegedly strangulating his wife to death in Nathupur village in DLF Phase-3. According to police officials, after killing his wife, the accused cooked up a story that his wife died after she was bitten by a "venomous creature". When the postmortem report came, it was revealed that the woman had died of asphyxia.

The police initiated an inquiry and booked the accused on charges of murder. He was subsequently arrested, reports Hindustan Times.