Delhi: Man strangles wife to death for not making round chappatis

A Delhi man killed his four-month pregnant wife because she couldn’t make ‘perfectly round chappatis’, it has been reported.

The incident took place in the capital’s Jahangirpuri area on Saturday, but came to light early Sunday, The Times of India reported.

According to the victim’s daughter, the accused got into a fight with the victim where he kicked her in the stomach. The daughter tried to intervene, but the accused locked her inside a room. According to the police, the accused strangled his wife, identified as Simran.

Simran was discovered by her brother, who immediately alerted the police. The accused is on the run.

The daughter told cops that her parents would often quarrel because of her mother's chappatis. "My mother was a good cook but the chappati shape angered my father," she said.

The couple had a live-in relationship for a year before getting married five years ago. His business had flopped, forcing him to work at a factory for the last two years.