Man hits wife for stopping visit to his mom

Pune: A man was booked on Sunday on the charge of brutally attacking his wife with a belt and a stick following a dispute over not allowing him and his son to visit his mother at Khopoli in Raigad district because of the rise in Covid-19 cases.
The incident occurred at a housing society on BT Kawade Road in Ghorpadi between 12.30am and 3am.
Assistant inspector Manish Patil from the Mundhwa police said, “The man had recently got a telephone call from his mother asking him to reach her residence because his sister had come to meet her after a long time.”
His wife urged him to not travel due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation.“After the dispute between the couple became heated, the man attacked his wife with a belt and a stick,” Patil added.