Gurugram: A 30-year-old software engineer allegedly strangled his wife to death and then committed suicide by hanging himself in a residential society in Gurugram, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Ajay Kumar, then sent a video message to his friend on Sunday that he was going to commit suicide.
Kumar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, and Sweety Sharma, 28, a resident of West Bengal’s Asansol, got married three years ago. Both worked at an IT company in Gurugram.
As per police, they got a call from Kumar’s friend, who told them that he had sent him a video on Sunday at 3.15 pm saying that he was going to die by suicide.
Following this, the police rushed to his flat, where they found 28-year-old Sweety Sharma’s body lying on the floor with a scarf which was used to strangle her to death. Ajay’s body was found hanging from a noose with a ceiling fan.
The police said that it appeared that Kumar had killed his wife. However, the cause behind both incidents is yet to be ascertained.
The woman’s family had alleged murder and filed a complaint against Kumar.
