VIJAYAWADA: A man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife in

town of

on Wednesday. The accused was reportedly unhappy over her fondness of making

videos.

The accused has been identified as Chinnapachu Sahib (35), a tailor by profession.

According to Kanigiri police, Sahib’s wife Fathima (30), a house wife was found dead by hanging at her residence in Kanigiri town on October 27. Cops said initially it was suspected to be a suicide, however, the autopsy report confirmed that Fathima was not asphyxiated with a saree but with something much more harder. Cops then began inquiring Fathima’s family members and neighbours and learnt that the Sahib used to fight with his wife over her habit of making Tik Tok videos.

The accused was absconding since the crime, but was nabbed near his shop.

Cops said that Sahib has confessed that he killed Fathima in a fit of rage during a fight. Sahib allegedly asphyxiated Fathima with a

roller and then tried to fabricate it as a suicide. A murder case has been registered against Sahib at Kanigiri police station.