Hyderabad: Husband Sets Wife on Fire Over Suspected Infidelity

Hyderabad: A man allegedly murdered his wife suspecting her, and set fire to her body late on Monday night, Bandlaguda police said. Faraq Qureshi, the accused, escaped after the murder and is being sought by the police.

Police identified the victim as 23-year-old Qamar Begum. The couple had married six years ago, and has two minor children. The children were in another portion of the house with their grandparents at Hashmabad at the time of the incident.

Fayaz worked as a labour contractor and the murder capped a series of quarrels between the couple, Bandlaguda inspector K. Satyanarayana said.

The murder took place at 1.40 am, and locals called the police by 1.50 am. Police went to the scene and shifted the victim to a private hospital where doctors declared her dead.