Man held from Vrindavan for killing pregnant wife in Faridabad

Police said the 26-year-old was arrested after evading capture since June 25. His phone will undergo forensic analysis as the murder investigation continues.

Published on: Jul 5, 2026, 09:47:46 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A 26-year-old man accused of murdering his 23-year-old pregnant wife by dunking her head in a bucket filled with water at their home in Panchsheel Colony Part II, Faridabad, was arrested in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The accused had allegedly been absconding since June 25. Police said he was traced to Vrindavan and questioned after being taken on police remand. (File photo)

Police said the crime branch arrested the suspect on Wednesday. He was produced before a court on Thursday and taken on one-day police remand for interrogation. He had been on the run since the alleged murder on June 25.

Yashpal Yadav, Faridabad police public relations officer, said the suspect told investigators he was upset over his wife’s frequent visits to her sister’s home in Ashok Vihar, Delhi. “He had asked her to stop visiting Ashok Vihar frequently for staying. However, she had not listened,” Yadav said.

Yadav said the suspect grew suspicious of his wife’s character and began locking her inside their home while leaving for work at a private firm in Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar. “In a fit of rage after argument, Gupta strangled her and then dipped her head in a bucket filled with water in the bathroom. He fled after alerting his uncle in Delhi about the murder over the phone,” he said.

Police said the suspect’s phone will be sent for forensic analysis. An FIR under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered at Palla police station on June 26 on the complaint of the woman’s father.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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