NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man was strangled by his wife and her lover in front of his year-old daughter in northwest Delhi's Samaypur Badli.

The incident happened in the early hours of Monday. Later, the woman feigned ignorance about who had killed her husband, Sonu, and demanded justice. However, the woman's lies were nailed when her phone details showed that she was in constant touch with her neighbour, Sagar (26). DCP (outer-north) Gaurav Sharma said Sonu's brother had informed the police about the murder.

While trying to ascertain the sequence of events, the police came to know that Sonu had gone to sleep around midnight with his wife and daughter. However, the wife said she did not hear any noise during the night and claimed that someone had come in and murdered him.

After looking at the wife's phone records, Sagar was called for questioning where he confessed to have killed Sonu with the woman's help. The two had an affair and planned to elope in the coming days, Sagar said.

Around midnight on Sunday, the woman allowed Sagar to come into the house. Sagar took a nylon rope, strangled Sonu and left. The woman stayed next to the body the entire night and raised an alarm about the murder around 7am.