Delhi horror: At around 9:00 pm, Gopal Sharma exited the hotel under the pretext of fetching food and did not come back. Upon reaching Mathura, he dialled the emergency helpline 112 and admitted to having strangled his wife to death.
The crime came to light after the hotel manager, Prem Kumar, alerted the police. Between 2:45 am to 3:00 am, Paharganj Police received a call from Mathura Highway Police Station in Uttar Pradesh, requesting them to check a specific hotel room. When the staff opened the door, they discovered the woman’s body lying on the bed.
According to police, the accused admitted during interrogation that he murdered his wife due to suspicion of an extramarital relationship. Gopal was initially taken into custody by the Highway Police in Mathura and later handed over to Paharganj Police, where he was formally arrested and booked for murder.
