Ghaziabad, May 19 -- The police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly strangling her three-year-old stepdaughter to death at their flat in Wave City on the afternoon of May 16, senior officers said.

Police said the woman got married to the girl's father over a year ago. The couple has a two-month-old girl child from their marriage, while the husband already had two minor children -- a boy aged four and a girl aged three -- from his first marriage, a police officer said, adding that the husband works as a crane operator in Wave City.

"Out of anger, the woman allegedly strangled her three-year-old stepdaughter on the afternoon of May 16. The girl's father was on duty when the incident took place. When family members found t...