BAREILLY: Police arrested a 25-year-old man on Thursday for allegedly crushing his wife’s skull and later burning her body near Sahaswan’s Kotalnagla village in Badaun district. The woman’s parents had filed a missing complaint on Tuesday. Police said that the husband confessed to his crime, claiming that he was angry because his family and guests did not get due respect during their wedding ceremony on September 15.SP (city) Abhinandan Singh said, “The deceased was identified as Aarti, 22, resident of Jogi Navada under Baradari police station. Her father Chandra Pal is a businessman. Aarti was married to Rohit Kumar, a resident of Kasganj who works in a courier company in New Delhi. On Tuesday, Aarti’s father filed a missing complaint with the Baradari police station. During search, her burnt body was found on Thursday near Sahaswan’s Kotalnagla village in Badaun.”“When the deceased’s parents filed the missing complaint, Kumar was absconding. They tried calling him up but his phone was switched off. Pal said that her daughter came to visit them Tuesday but left after she got a phone call and didn’t return. When we traced her call details, we found that the last call was from her husband.”“The police tracked down the accused and nabbed him on Thursday evening. Kumar tried to flee but was injured. He is undergoing treatment at the district hospital and is in police custody. He will be sent to jail after the treatment. Kumar confessed that he was unhappy as his family members were not welcomed properly on his wedding day by Aarti’s family and that they did not fulfil their dowry demands.

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