Chennai, October 16: In a shocking incident, a woman strangled her husband after adding sleeping pills to his dosa. According to a Times of India report, the woman has been arrested for killing her husband and a friend, an alleged boyfriend who helped her in committing the crime is also in police custody.

The accused claimed that her husband died of excessive consumption of alcohol, however, the autopsy report revealed that he was strangulated and was given excessive sleeping pills. The couple got married in 2014 and they have a four-year-old son together. They have been barely able to make their ends meet lately. Mumbai Shocker: 58-Year-Old Doctor Arrested For Raping Female Patient And Sharing Her Obscene Video With Husband.

The woman recently started working at a medical shop. Her husband was, however, not very happy with her job. He used to rebuke her often for speaking on the phone with unknown people and sending text messages to others late in the night. The accused decided to remove her husband from her life because he posed a major hindrance. Therefore, on the day of the incident, she mixed sleeping pills inside the dosa batter and then gave her husband. After he fell asleep, she and her boyfriend both strangulated him.

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