Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh): A suspected family dispute ended in gruesome murder after a man slit his wife's throat, attacked her private parts with an axe and cut off her ears in Ratlam on Tuesday evening. Later, he killed himself.
The incident was reported at Talod village under Alot tehsil of Ratlam district.
The deceased were identified as Balu Singh, 35, son of Sardar Singh, a resident of Talod village and his wife Tejkunwar, 32. Sub-inspector Narayan Giri from Alot police station said a case has been registered under relevant Sections of IPC and investigation is on. No suicide note was recovered from the spot.
The couple had two kids from their marriage, a 13-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy. A day before the incident, the couple sent their kids to their maternal aunt’s place, police said.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the couple often had disputes over trivial issues in the past and a complaint was also lodged at the Alot police station. During one such fight, Balu attacked his wife with an axe, sickle, and blade on her private parts. In a fit of rage, the he brutally slit her throat, broke her jaw, slit her cheeks. He also cut off both of her ears.
On Tuesday, village sarpanch Suresh Porwal had called the police. When the door was broken open as it was locked, the police found the husband hanging, while the wife was lying dead in a pool of blood on the ground.
Alot police called the FSL team from Ratlam. Later the bodies were brought to Alot Civil Hospital where their post-mortem was done.
