This story is from August 22, 2020

Man kills wife & her mother in Kannauj, surrenders to police

Man kills wife & her mother in Kannauj, surrenders to police
Kanpur: A man on late Thursday night hacked his wife and mother-in-law to death at his house in Haudapurwa village over alleged marital discord. On Friday morning, he went to the Sadar Kotwali police station in Kannauj to confess to the crime.
He told the cops that since the day one of their marriage, he used to have regular arguments with his wife over domestic issues.
“On Thursday night, he said that he had an argument with his wife and got infuriated when his mother-in-law interfered and took her daughter’s side and tried to prove him wrong. The man claimed that he got agitated and later attacked his wife and mother-in-law both with a sickle repeatedly. When they fell unconscious and succumbed, he dragged and threw their bodies in the backyard of the house,” police said.
The incident was reported on Friday morning, when Pawan (28) himself reached the police station with a sickle and asked them to visit backyard of his house where his wife, Savita (24) and mother-in-law Kalwati’s (65) bodies were dumped. He told the cops that an argument had broken out between him and the two over domestic issue on late Thursday night.
Subsequently, a police team was dispatched to the spot, where we found the brutally hacked bodies of his wife Savita and mother-in-law Kalawati.
The police registered a homicide case under Section 302 of the IPC against the accused, Pawan.
“We have taken him into custody,” said Circle Officer Sadar Sheshmani Upadhyay and added, “We have learnt that the couple used to fight with each other since the day one of their marriage.”
End of Article
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA