After shifting to the rented accommodation, Bhupinder started working in a private finance company (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights Around ten days ago, the dead body of a 24-year-old woman was recovered from a nullah in Nai Tor village of Firozabad On Tuesday, the police managed to arrested the man who killed the woman According to an investigation, the accused killed his wife after he learned that she was spending her salary on her family

Agra: The police in Firozabad arrested a man on Tuesday, around 10 days after they recovered the body of a 24-year-old woman. The deceased was identified as Lakhi Jaatav. The accused Jipender Singh alias Bhupinder allegedly murdered his wife of five years due to her spending habits.

In 2015, Bhupinder and Lakhi got married. Around a year later, the couple became parents to a daughter. The couple's relationship with their families suffered as they had an inter-caste marriage.

After their marriage, Lakhi and Bhupinder shifted to a rented accommodation in Gokuleshpuram colony which falls under the limits of the Quarsi police station. After shifting to the rented accommodation, Bhupinder started working in a private finance company.

How it happened

Allegedly, Lakhi had been pestering her husband to shift to Aligarh. She had been asking Bhupinder to sell his property so that they could shift to Aligarh. Bhupinder flew into a rage when he learned that Lakhi had been spending his salary on her relatives.

On January 29, Bhupinder decided to eliminate his wife. He took his wife and daughter to Aligarh. Around 1 am on January 30, Bhupinder strangled his wife to death and took her body to the Nai Tor village. The village falls under the limits of the Basai Mohammadpur police station. The accused dumped his wife's body in a nullah and fled from the spot.

Rajesh Kumar, superintendent of police (rural) told The Times of India, "It was a pre-planned murder which he executed alone, but to dispose of the body, we believe the accused took the help of his relatives." A case was registered against the accused after Lakhi's father approached the police and lodged a complaint in relation to the incident. The accused has been booked under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC/ST Act.