Bareilly: In a shocking incident, a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly allegedly killed a man. The woman choked the man to death while getting intimate with him, reported NDTV. The 32-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday, two days after the murder of Iqbal.
The accused told the police that Iqbal used to blackmail her to have an intimate relationship with him. Iqbal was a Zari Zardosi artisan. He used to visit villages. Iqbal met the woman during the visit to her village. Soon they exchanged numbers and started talking over the phone.
The accused told the police that one day Iqbal asked her to visit his home and when she went there he forced her to get intimate. Iqbal also threatened the woman to destroy her marriage if she told her husband. He told the woman that he had all the call recordings and messages.
"I have little children so I endured this. He blackmailed into getting physical with him multiple times. I was tired of this. On Wednesday, Iqbal went to drop his wife at her parents' home. I spoke to him while he was on his way back and told him I wanted to meet," she said in a police statement as reported by NDTV.
On the day of the incident, the Zari Zardosi artisan gave the woman two sleeping pills to give to her husband so that they could meet. The man then asked the accused to come over to his place. As per the woman, as soon as her husband slept, she spoke to Iqbal at around 11:40 pm and went to his place. When they were getting intimate The woman put one of her hands on Iqbal's mouth and choked him with another hand.
She then left the deceased's place and returned home. The police arrested the woman two days after Iqbal's murder.
A detailed investigation has been launched into the matter.
