Mohali, Oct. 1 -- Police have arrested a vendor in Mohali's Mullanpur area for strangling his wife to death inside their home. The accused, Sher Singh, initially tried to mislead investigators by blaming involvement of an outsider, but later confessed that he planned and executed the murder because of an unhappy marriage.

The incident occurred on Friday in Padiala village, where Singh lived with his wife Gautami, their five-month-old daughter, and his brother.

According to superintendent of police (Mullanpur) Mohit Aggarwal, police were first alerted that a woman was found hanging on a tree near a garden in the village. "When our team reached the spot, they came to know that the family had already taken the body to a hospital. The team ...