A 32-year-old man was arrested hours after he allegedly killed his wife and tried to pass it off as suicide by hanging her body from a ceiling fan in their house in Rajasthan's Kota district, police said on Tuesday. Mukesh Erwal, who was arrested on Monday evening, had a strained relationship with his wife Santosh (30). They often fought with each other, they said. Santosh was found hanging in her house in Karwad village under Itawa police station on Monday morning. Mukesh claimed she had committed suicide, Station House Officer (SHO) Mukesh Meena said.

However, the woman's family members alleged that she was murdered by Mukesh. A case was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman's brother and an investigation launched, he said. During questioning, Mukesh adm itted to have murdered his wife. He hanged her body from the ceiling fan to make it look like a suicide, he added.