A 24 year old man was arrested by Delhi police last month after he claimed he took his wife to Nainital and pushed her off the cliff. Reportedly he was frustrated with daily fights and thus took the horrible step.
The couple is identified as Rajesh Rai and Babita. Reportedly, Rajesh was arrested in August of last year after Babita (29) claimed that he had raped her after promising to marry her.
He was released from Tihar Jail in October when the woman dropped her case and expressed her willingness to marry him. Following his release, the two married.
The woman's family claimed that her husband physically abused her and constantly used to quarrel with her. Rajesh convinced the woman to return to him when she returned to her family's house.
On June 11, he finally brought her to his village in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district. Babita's phone remained switched off after that, causing concern among her family.
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On June 15 a missing complaint was filed by her family and police started an investigation. Following the probe, the Delhi Police tracked down and arrested her husband.
"We traced Rajesh using CDR and technological analysis and discovered that the victim's last location on June 12 was in Nainital, and the accused's whereabouts were also the same," police said.
During the investigation, he admitted to taking his wife to Nainital after an argument and pushing her off a cliff.
“Rajesh had family problems and was upset with his mother-in-law since his wife used to go to her place for 4-5 days at and he was frustrated by everyday quarrels," police added.
The police are looking for the woman’s body. According to police, "a team is being deployed to Nainital to search for the body.”