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Bareilly (UP): In a chilling case of murder in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, a woman allegedly choked a man to death while getting intimate with him. The 32-year-old woman committed the act as she was "tired" of the man's blackmailing her into sexual acts and she was left with no choice. She was arrested in the murder case yesterday, two days after the man's body was found near his home.
The woman told police that she befriended the victim, identified as Iqbal, during his visit to her village. Iqbal, who was a Zari Zardosi artisan, would talk often over the phone. One day, he allegedly invited her to his home. The woman said that Iqbal forcefully got intimate with her. When she protested, he blackmailed her that he had call recordings and he would destroy her home.
"I have little children so I endured this. He blackmailed into getting physical with him multiple times. I was tired of this. On Wednesday, Iqbal went to drop his wife at her parents' home. I spoke to him while he was on his way back and told him I wanted to meet," she has said, according to a police statement carried by NDTV.
Iqbal gave the woman two pills to put her husband to sleep. "Around 8 pm, I served tea to my husband. I had put the pills in his cup. Soon after, he went to sleep while browsing his phone. Around 11.40 pm, I spoke to Iqbal over the phone and he asked me to come over. He said he was alone at home," she said.
Later, she visited Iqbal at his home. The woman has told police that she visited his home to kill him. "We were talking to each other when he started getting intimate with me. I held his hands apart and sat on his chest. Then I kept one hand on his mouth and choked him with the other. Once I was convinced that he was dead, I dragged his body to the staircase and returned home. I was so upset with Iqbal. I had no other choice because I wanted to protect my family," she has said, according to the police statement.