Siwan man kills wife, commits suicide

PATNA: A man killed his wife and later committed suicide in Siwan leaving behind four minor children, while an employee of the sub-registry office was shot dead in Muzaffarpur district during the past 24 hours.
Reports reaching the police headquarters said Rajesh Rai (40) stabbed to death his wife Ramkali Devi (35) at Basaw Tola Nagri village under Basantpur police station in Siwan district late on Sunday night.
Later, Rai committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house. The incident came to light when some residents visited Rai's house on Monday morning and reported the matter to the police. The couple has four children in the age group of four to 12 years.
The SHO of Basantpur police station Ashutosh Kumar said a domestic dispute is stated to be the reason. Rai used to quarrel with his wife over family issues, which led to the incident, he added.
The police said Rai used to eke out a livelihood selling vegetables in the local market. Financial constraints often led to heated arguments between the husband and the wife.
"The bodies were handed over to the relatives after post mortem," an investigating officer said.
In Muzaffarpur, the police recovered the bullet-riddled body of Abdul Kuddus from Rampur Kashi village on Muzaffarpur-Mahua road under Maniari police station on Monday morning.
The deceased, a resident of Majhia village under Chehrakalan block in Vaishali district, was employed at the sub-registry office in Muzaffarpur. The family members were searching for him when he didn't reach home from the office on Sunday.
The man's maternal uncle, Tanveer Alam, said the identity of the victim was ascertained by the identity card recovered from his pocket. "He was killed somewhere else while returning home from his office and his body was dumped on the spot," he added.
On getting information, Muzaffarpur SSP Jayant Kant visited Maniari police station and issued instructions to arrest the culprits at the earliest.
This is the second incident of murder in Muzaffarpur within 24 hours. Earlier, a trader identified as Vinod Choudhary was shot dead near Sherpur under the Ahiapur police station area when he was returning home after closing his shop.