The Gurugram police has booked a woman for allegedly pouring boiling milk on her husband on Sunday night after she had a fight with him. The woman had strained relationship with her husband as she wanted to live in Chandigarh with her relatives whereas the man identified as Joginder Singh was not willing to do so, the victim told police.
The two had frequent fights over this matter and on Sunday night, the accused identified as Mukesh poured a utensil filled with hot boiling milk on her husband due to which he suffered severe burn injuries.
Police said a case against the accused has been registered at Bajghera police station under section 326 A and 506 IPC. Sub-Inspector Harkesh Kumar, the investigating officer (IO), said Singh has suffered serious burn injuries due to which he was shifted to Safdarjung hospital for further treatment.
According to the victim's statement before police, "He was sleeping on Sunday night, when around 1.30 am his wife suddenly came and poured hot milk on him causing serious burn injuries to him.
He also said his wife wanted to kill him as she wanted to shift to Chandigarh to live with her relatives but he was not ready to do so. The victim also alleged that his wife had been fighting with him to sell the house in Gurugram so that they could shift to Chandigarh", the IO said.