A man killed his wife in Chandigarh’s Manimajra in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Jarnail Singh, 48-years old, who murdered his wife Manjeet Kaur with a sharp edged weapon and fled the spot. While a case under Section 302 IPC (punishment of murder) has been registered against the accused, he was yet to be nabbed by the UT Police till the filing of this report late Tuesday evening.
The couple was married for more than 23 years and had four children out of wedlock.
Two teenage children including 13-year old daughter and 11-year old son were present at the house and witnessed the crime.
The accused Jarnail Singh is alcohol addicted and due to this he often had fights with his wife, said relatives of Manjeet Kaur.
Manjeet was working as domestic helper and was the only bread earner in the family, they said.
A UT police officer said that after attacking his wife, Jarnail Singh took the advantage of dark and fled away from the spot. Different teams have been dispatched to suspected hideouts of accused person to trace him. Raids were conducted at Railway Station and Bus Stand also, he said.
The complainant in the case, Sajjan Singh (54), who is the real brother of accused and lives in the adjoining house said that at about 4.30 am, his niece came out from her house and screamed. After listening her voice, he ran into the house of Jarnail and saw him attacking his wife with an axe type weapon.