India, June 22 -- A 24-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death in a hotel room in Paharganj in central Delhi on Friday night, and then fled to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh (UP) where he confessed to the police in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

The victim was identified as Kirti Sharma. Her body was found after a UP police sub-inspector (SI) took details from the man and contacted the manager to verify the accused's claims, after which the man was arrested, police said.

"The arrested man, Gopal Sharma, confessed to killing his wife because he suspected her of having an affair," said deputy commissioner of police (central) Nidhin Valsan.

At 2.45am, the hotel manager received a call from a sub-inspector from Highway Math...