UP woman strangled with mobile cable for rejecting marriage proposal

A 19-year-old woman was strangled by her lover after she refused to marry him in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri.

The incident took place in Fatehpur village on July 24 when the accused, Ajay Chauhan, visited the woman's house and asked her to elope with him in order to get married. When she refused, he strangled her with a mobile data cable and fled the scene.

It was found that the woman had been in a relationship with Ajay Chauhan for the past seven months. They had plans to marry, but the woman's family had arranged her marriage elsewhere.

Upon learning about the incident, the woman's family promptly alerted the police and lodged an FIR against the accused.

The police then initiated an investigation and arrested the accused.