India, June 24 -- A Mumbra resident has been arrested for allegedly killing his six-month pregnant wife by assaulting and kicking her in the abdomen. According to police, the accused did not want a child and had earlier forced her to undergo an abortion.

The deceased has been identified as Mehajabeen Karmuddin Sheikh, 28, while the accused is her husband, Saif Mohammad Sheikh, a resident of Haji Complex in Mumbra.

According to the complaint filed by the victim's mother, Farzana Karmuddin, Mehajabeen married Saif in 2021. Within months, she allegedly began facing physical and mental harassment from her husband and in-laws over her behaviour and cooking. Her in-laws even took food prepared by her to her parental home as "evidence" against...