PATNA: In a shocking incident, a woman strangled her husband after he restricted her from posting reels on Instagram. The incident took place in Begusarai district in Bihar. The deceased has been identified as Maheshwar Kumar (25). Police have taken his wife Rani Kumari into custody. The couple got married six years ago. They have a five-year-old son.

The murder took place at around 9 pm on Sunday. Maheshwar, who was doing labour work in Kolkata, returned to Bihar recently. Rani Kumari used to constantly post reel videos on Instagram. She has more than 95000 followers. She had also posted more than 500 videos. Maheshwar, who did not like his wife doing reels, had asked her not to post reel videos. The couple used to constantly fight over the reels. Maheshwar lived in his wife's house. According to police, a dispute broke out between the two on the day of the incident. Following this, Rani Kumari and her family members strangled Maheshwar to death.

Later, Maheshwar's brother, Rudal, called him and someone else picked up the phone and an argument broke out over the phone. Following this, Maheshwar's father and brother reached the spot and found Maheshwar lying dead. The details of the murder came out after the police took Rani into custody and questioned her based on the complaint lodged by the relatives of Maheshwar.