Summary:
MEERUT: A 27-year-old man smothered his 20-year-old wife to death for dowry and then buried her at their house in Hapur’s Pilakhwa area. An FIR was filed against the accused, Pawan Prajapati , and three others of his family based on the complaint of the victim’s father. On February 26, he killed and buried his wife, who was a student of Class XII and was taking the board exams. Police recovered the body at 2:30am on Wednesday from the husband’s house. However, the victim’s family got CCTV footage from the exam centre to prove that she had left with her husband..