Construction worker held for throttling pregnant wife to death in Hinjewadi

Pune: A construction worker allegedly throttled his pregnant wife to death at their colony in Hinjewadi in the early hours of Thursday. Hinjewadi police on Thursday arrested the 30-year-old worker who hails from Kaimur district in Bihar.Police sub-inspector Shrikishan Kande said the accused and his wife worked at a construction site in Hinjewadi and lived in a workers’ colony nearby. “After two miscarriages, the victim was pregnant again. To prevent another miscarriage, the accused was trying some traditional remedies.”The accused was administering steam infused with camphor and cloves to his wife in the early hours of Thursday in an attempt to prevent a miscarriage. “The woman suddenly became violent and started screaming. She ran out of their room wearing very few clothes,” the officer said.Kande said the accused throttled her to death while trying to force her back into the room. “We have arrested him under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).”