Man kills wife, confesses to police in UP's Kanpur Dehat

KANPUR: A man hacked his 23-year-old wife to death in the Bhognipur area of Kanpur Dehat and then went to the police station to confess to the crime on Tuesday night.
He told the cops that he used to have arguments with his wife because would frequent her maternal place regularly.
Circle Officer, Bhognipur, Prabhat Kumar said that the incident was reported on Tuesday night when Ram Kumar, a street vendor, and a resident of Majariya Umariya village reached the police station and asked the cops to visit his house where his wife Uma’s body is lying.
He told the cops that an argument had broken out between him and Uma. “Ram Kumar said that he was not happy with his wife’s habit of visiting her maternal home often. He killed her using a spade as she had hit him with a brick over the same dispute in the night,” said CO.
When she fell unconscious, he dragged her to their room and himself left for the police station.
“Police later recovered the spade from the room itself,” the CO added.
Uma’s father Chandrapal, who also reached the spot, told investigators that there was a programme at his home in which his daughter Uma also came. Two days back, Ramkumar had taken Uma from her house. “My daughter has been murdered for dowry,” said Chandrapal.
Later, he filed a complaint accusing his son-in-law Ram Kumar, mother-in-law, father-in-law and other relatives of being involved in the murder of his daughter. CO said that a case of murder was registered. “Accused Ram Kumar has been sent to jail,” he added.