Bhopal

Man nabbed for killing his wife in December in Binapur area

Staff Reporter

Eintkhedi police have arrested a 36-year-old man for killing her wife in the month of December last year at Binapur area; accused beaten her to death on a petty issue.

To mislead the police and evade arrest, accused Laxminaryan alias Laxman Kewat fabricated a story of death by electrocution of his wife Rukmani Kewat (34). The police arrested the husband after the murder was revealed in the post mortem report.

During the interrogation he revealed that there was a dispute with his wife regarding the issue of wheat flour in the house. The dispute increased so much that he assaulted his wife and hit her with a wooden stick.

According to the police, Laxman works as a laborer. On January 1, he got his wife admitted to Hamidia Hospital in an unconscious state and told the doctors that the wife got electrocuted.

Rukmani died during treatment and police received the post mortem report on Tuesday in which it was revealed that Rukmani died due to internal injuries in the body.

The police interrogated Lakshminarayan after registering a murder case and arrested him.

He revealed that on December 29, 2022, there was a dispute with his wife after the house ran out of flour and the dispute escalated so much that he beat up his wife with a wooden stick. Later when her health deteriorated, he admitted his wife to the hospital.