The Patkura police arrested one Manan Ali of Miramohalla under Tendakuda’s Muslim Basti and produced him before the SDJM Court for hacking his wife to death with an axe.
Patkura PS IIC Saroj Sahu said Manan is an alcoholic person and used to spend most of his earnings in consuming liquor; so, most of the time quarrel erupted between the couple. Manan used to assault his wife several times.
Ali in an inebriated condition, on Thursday late night attacked his wife , Parul Bibi, with an exe while the latter was in deep sleep. In a fit of rage Manan killed his wife ,after an altercation erupted between them a few hours earlier.
Acting on the information, the police rushed to the spot, seized the weapon used for the crime and sent the body for autopsy to the District Headquarters Hospital. Police too arrested Manan ,while he was hiding at the roof top of his building.
Manan was on Friday produced before the SDJM court where he was remanded in jail custody after his bail plea was rejected by the court, informed police sources.
