Kanpur (UP), Feb 27 (TIWN) A CRPF jawan's wife, who went missing five days ago from Panki Ratanpur Colony in Kanpur, was strangled to death by her lover.

Inderpal, who lives in Ratanpur, is posted as a personnel in CRPF. He had gone to Mainpuri for election duty, while his wife Geeta Devi (34), was at home. On February 20, Inderpal made a call on his wife’s mobile phone, but his wife didn’t pick up his calls. Subsequently, he informed the Panki police about the incident on the apprehension of something untoward. When the police reached his house, the woman was not found at home. Inderpal, when returned home on February 21, lodged a missing complaint with the police station. Investigations began and when the police checked the CDR of the woman’s mobile, the last call was received from a person named Mukhtar, a car mechanic and a resident of Rura Jamalpur area of Kanpur Dehat.