<p>A businessman here was arrested on Thursday on charges of strangling his wife, a former air hostess, after she allegedly refused to serve him food.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hyderabad Police arrested businessman Sachin Uppal and his friend Rakesh, who allegedly did nothing to prevent the crime.<br /><br />Sachin, who was being questioned for last three days, finally confessed that he strangled Ritu Sarin, 28, to death with a pillow at their flat in in Ramanthapur on Sunday night.<br />The couple, who married in 2013, has a five-month-old child.<br /><br />According to police, Sachin and Rakesh had consumed liquor and came to house with a packet of 'biryani'. <br /><br />Ritu, who was watching television, refused to serve the food. <br /><br />Sachin snatched the TV remote from her and changed the channel. The couple had a heated argument in the presence of Rakesh. <br /><br />Feeling insulted in front of his friend, Sachin slapped his wife. He then asked Rakesh to leave. After bolting the door from inside, he allegedly strangled her to death.<br /><br />Rakesh, who was standing outside the flat, did not alert anybody. Sachin then called Ritu's relatives to say she had fallen unconscious. <br /><br />They shifted her to a hospital where doctors declared her dead.<br /><br />Mystery shrouded the death as Sachin initially told police that he had only slapped her. He also said Ritu might have committed suicide.<br /><br />Forensic experts on Tuesday conducted a second autopsy as the first one did not provide any clue about the possible cause of death.<br /><br />Ritu's parents, who are from Jharkhand, alleged that their daughter was murdered for dowry. <br /><br />"He brutally killed her in front of the child. He should be severely punished," said Ritu's mother Ujala Sarin.<br /><br />They said Sachin had been harassing her for dowry and forcing her to demand a share in the family property in Jamshedpur. <br /><br />He had also forced her to quit her job with Jet Airways and had taken the entire money paid by the company as final settlement.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A businessman here was arrested on Thursday on charges of strangling his wife, a former air hostess, after she allegedly refused to serve him food.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hyderabad Police arrested businessman Sachin Uppal and his friend Rakesh, who allegedly did nothing to prevent the crime.<br /><br />Sachin, who was being questioned for last three days, finally confessed that he strangled Ritu Sarin, 28, to death with a pillow at their flat in in Ramanthapur on Sunday night.<br />The couple, who married in 2013, has a five-month-old child.<br /><br />According to police, Sachin and Rakesh had consumed liquor and came to house with a packet of 'biryani'. <br /><br />Ritu, who was watching television, refused to serve the food. <br /><br />Sachin snatched the TV remote from her and changed the channel. The couple had a heated argument in the presence of Rakesh. <br /><br />Feeling insulted in front of his friend, Sachin slapped his wife. He then asked Rakesh to leave. After bolting the door from inside, he allegedly strangled her to death.<br /><br />Rakesh, who was standing outside the flat, did not alert anybody. Sachin then called Ritu's relatives to say she had fallen unconscious. <br /><br />They shifted her to a hospital where doctors declared her dead.<br /><br />Mystery shrouded the death as Sachin initially told police that he had only slapped her. He also said Ritu might have committed suicide.<br /><br />Forensic experts on Tuesday conducted a second autopsy as the first one did not provide any clue about the possible cause of death.<br /><br />Ritu's parents, who are from Jharkhand, alleged that their daughter was murdered for dowry. <br /><br />"He brutally killed her in front of the child. He should be severely punished," said Ritu's mother Ujala Sarin.<br /><br />They said Sachin had been harassing her for dowry and forcing her to demand a share in the family property in Jamshedpur. <br /><br />He had also forced her to quit her job with Jet Airways and had taken the entire money paid by the company as final settlement.<br /><br /></p>