<p>A Dubai court has charged an unemployed Indian man with strangling his wife to death to avoid paying maintenance money after divorce. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indian man, 23, who is identified by initials of his name AQ, reportedly strangled his wife, identified as BA, before putting her body in a garbage bag and leaving it in the Fuqaa area March 11 this year in connivance with a Pakistani friend identified as RA, Gulf News reported Sunday.<br /><br />AQ reportedly used to beat his wife and cheated on her with a Filipina with whom he had an affair.<br /><br />His father said his late daughter-in-law repeatedly complained to him over the phone several times in the past.<br /><br />AQ's father said the accused knew RA for nearly three years and the two shared accommodation.<br /><br />According to the report, a Bangladeshi cleaner discovered BA’s body.<br /><br />Police said AQ admitted that he decided to kill BA because he could not afford to pay her maintenance money.<br /><br />Prosecutors told the Dubai Court of First Instance that AQ and RA planned to murder BA in her sleep.<br /><br />RA pleaded not guilty before the court Sunday.<br /><br />“I did not kill the victim… my confession was obtained under coercion,” RA was quoted as saying.<br /><br />“The victim moved to Dubai 15 months before her death... she constantly complained over the phone that AQ used to get drunk and beat her,” AQ's father told prosecutors.<br /><br />“She asked me to find him a new job. The deceased also complained that her husband was having an affair with a Filipina, and that was the main reason behind their continuous family disputes,” he said. <br /><br />“I do not doubt that the defendants could have killed BA.”<br /><br />“Shortly after identifying the victim, we suspected her husband because he had left the country on the same day when the corpse was discovered. Primary interrogation led to RA’s arrest, ” a Dubai police officer said.<br /><br />“The latter admitted during questioning that they strangled her,” the officer said.<br /><br />However, police didn't reveal how AQ was arrested.<br /><br />Presiding judge Maher Salama Al Mahdi adjourned the case till Oct 23.</p>
<p>A Dubai court has charged an unemployed Indian man with strangling his wife to death to avoid paying maintenance money after divorce. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indian man, 23, who is identified by initials of his name AQ, reportedly strangled his wife, identified as BA, before putting her body in a garbage bag and leaving it in the Fuqaa area March 11 this year in connivance with a Pakistani friend identified as RA, Gulf News reported Sunday.<br /><br />AQ reportedly used to beat his wife and cheated on her with a Filipina with whom he had an affair.<br /><br />His father said his late daughter-in-law repeatedly complained to him over the phone several times in the past.<br /><br />AQ's father said the accused knew RA for nearly three years and the two shared accommodation.<br /><br />According to the report, a Bangladeshi cleaner discovered BA’s body.<br /><br />Police said AQ admitted that he decided to kill BA because he could not afford to pay her maintenance money.<br /><br />Prosecutors told the Dubai Court of First Instance that AQ and RA planned to murder BA in her sleep.<br /><br />RA pleaded not guilty before the court Sunday.<br /><br />“I did not kill the victim… my confession was obtained under coercion,” RA was quoted as saying.<br /><br />“The victim moved to Dubai 15 months before her death... she constantly complained over the phone that AQ used to get drunk and beat her,” AQ's father told prosecutors.<br /><br />“She asked me to find him a new job. The deceased also complained that her husband was having an affair with a Filipina, and that was the main reason behind their continuous family disputes,” he said. <br /><br />“I do not doubt that the defendants could have killed BA.”<br /><br />“Shortly after identifying the victim, we suspected her husband because he had left the country on the same day when the corpse was discovered. Primary interrogation led to RA’s arrest, ” a Dubai police officer said.<br /><br />“The latter admitted during questioning that they strangled her,” the officer said.<br /><br />However, police didn't reveal how AQ was arrested.<br /><br />Presiding judge Maher Salama Al Mahdi adjourned the case till Oct 23.</p>