Nuh: Man kills wife over dowry, tries to pass it off as robbery

Based on the victim’s complaint, an FIR was lodged under BNS section 103(1) (murder) at Nagina police station on Tuesday

Published on: Feb 12, 2025, 06:06:18 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A 23-year-old man was arrested in Nagina, Nuh, on Tuesday for allegedly strangling his wife to death and fabricating a robbery-murder plot, police said. The suspect, Mohammad Sahun of Patakpur village, had married 22-year-old Sania alias Sana of Uleta village on November 15, 2024.

The charges may be updated to Section 80 (dowry death) as more evidence is gathered with further probes, police said. (File Photo)

According to police, Sahun was unhappy with the dowry received, leading him to kill her on Karhera-Bhadas road on Monday night.

Krishan Kumar, public relations officer (PRO) of Nuh police, said Sahun set his motorcycle on fire to mislead investigators before going to Nagina police station to report the supposed robbery. “He cooked up a story that car-borne suspects intercepted him on his way home, attempted a robbery, and strangled his wife when she resisted. He claimed they also torched his motorcycle,” Kumar added.

Police found inconsistencies in Sahun’s statement but still visited the crime scene, where they recovered Sania’s body and the burnt motorcycle. “After preliminary investigation, it was evident no other suspects were present at the time he mentioned. When both families were questioned, we got crucial clues. Stern interrogation led Sahun to confess that he had killed his wife and staged the robbery,” Kumar added.

On Sania’s family’s complaint, an FIR was lodged under BNS section 103(1) (murder) at Nagina police station on Tuesday. Police said Sahun will be produced in court on Wednesday and taken into remand for further interrogation to determine if he had any accomplices. The charges may be updated to Section 80 (dowry death) as more evidence is gathered with further probes, they added.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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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