Ghaziabad Man Murders Ex-Wife in Cold Blood to Avoid Alimony Payments.

A 42-year-old man from Ghaziabad, Virendra Sharma, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his former wife, Madhu Sharma, to avoid paying court-ordered alimony. Madhu was reported missing by her sister, Manju Sharma, on January 23 after she failed to return from her boutique.

A neighbor later revealed seeing her in a car with Virendra. Investigations uncovered that a court had recently ordered Virendra to pay Madhu Rs 6,000 monthly and Rs 5.4 lakh in arrears. To evade these payments, Virendra lured Madhu on a trip to Chandi Mandir in Haridwar.

While trekking back, he strangled her with her scarf and hid her body under stones in a forest. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested him and recovered the body, which has been sent for autopsy.