Punjab: Migrant worker allegedly kills wife, removes her clothes to mislead police into suspecting sexual assault

Chandigarh, Nov 10 (UNI) Police in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district have arrested a migrant worker from West Bengal for allegedly strangling his wife and removing her clothes before dumping her body in a sugarcane field in an apparent attempt to mislead investigators into treating the killing as a case of sexual assault. The accused, identified as Jahadur Islam, allegedly killed his wife, Rubina Khatun, near a pond in Madinpur village under Mukerian police station after repeated disputes arising from his suspicions about her fidelity, police said. Mukerian Station House Officer (SHO) Pritpal Singh said the couple, originally from West Bengal, had…