Woman strangulated to death by friend in Mumbai

A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her friend over a business dispute at a hotel room in Kalachowkey area of Central Mumbai this morning.
The deceased has been identified as Farhana Suhail Shaikh (23), a resident of Grant Road in south Mumbai, police said.
She had come to meet Irshad Qureshi (23) in the hotel and discuss about the profits from cloth business. During the course of their talks there was a heated argument between them, an official said.
Qureshi had invested money in cloth business, which was run by Farhana but she was reluctant to share profit from the business with him, he said.

During the argument Farhana, who had put a scarf around her neck told Qureshi that she will commit suicide in the room, after which Qureshi himself went ahead and strangulated her to death with the scarf, an official said.
As the woman lay motionless on the floor, the accused called Mumbai Police Control Room and informed them about the incident after which police rushed to the spot, Dilip Ugale, Senior Police Inspector of Kalachowkey said.
"We have registered an offence of murder against the accused," Ugale said.