MP News: In a shocking incident, a man axed his wife to death in Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning. The incident took place between 8:30 - 9 am in Ashok Nagar district’s Shankar Colony when the couple - Dashrath Rajak (40) and his wife Kiran (36) had the house to themselves as the kids had left for school. After committing the crime, the accused turned up at a local police station and confessed the crime to the police station in-charge Ravi Pratap Singh Chauhan, jagran.com reported.
The police have taken the accused into custody and started questioning him. According to the police, the reason for the murder is not yet clear. The police reached the spot after the accused confessed to the murder and found the house locked. When the police entered inside, the body of the woman was lying near the door.
Dashrath and Kiran got married in 2003. Kiran had previously worked as a househelp but was forced to leave her job 1.5 year ago, on Dashrath's suspicions. Unemployed himself, Dashrath frequently harassed Kiran to bring money from her family, and she endured repeated physical abuse.
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The body has been sent for a postmortem examination. Police have registered a case of murder against the accused.
Last year, a 17-year-old teenage boy in Maharashtra's Palghar district allegedly killed his mother over suspicions that she had been messaging someone from her phone, said authorities. The incident took in the Parole area of Vasai township. Reportedly, the boy's unease with his mother's character was a regular source of tension between them.
Speaking about the incident, Inspector Ashok Kamble of Mandvi police station said the victim, identified as Sonali Gogra (35), was subject to persistent arguments over this issue. While the teen was eating his meal, he observed his mother texting someone on her phone.
The incident enraged the teen and he reportedly retrieved an axe and used it to inflict fatal blows on his mother.