India, July 25 -- A 32-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly strangling his pregnant wife to death at their home in Greenfield Colony of Faridabad earlier this week and trying to pass it off as a fatal robbery, police said on Friday. He was produced before a court on Friday and taken on a six-day police custody for further interrogation.

The accused, a chef at a US-based five-star hotel in Delhi, suspected his wife of having an extramarital relationship due to a phone conversation she was having late Tuesday, police said.

Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said an autopsy on Thursday confirmed strangulation. "On the night of July 21, he had seen his wife talking to someone over the phone which resu...