In a gruesome incident, a jobless man has chopped off his Indian-origin wife’s hand and feet with a meat cleaver on suspicion of having an extra-marital affair before committing suicide in southern Malaysia.
K Menaga, 44-year-old mother of three, is fighting for her life in the intensive care unit in a hospital in Johor. After committing the barbaric act, the 47-year-old unemployed man drank poison and hanged himself, The Star newspaper reported on Saturday. Jealousy is believed to be the main reason for the brutal assault, police said.A neighbour, who declined to be identified, claimed that the victim, had been working as a dishwasher at a hotel in Singapore and stayed at the republic for the past 15 years.
The neighbour said the victim was the family’s sole breadwinner, the report said. “She only comes back once a month to see their three children and her mother-in-law, who has been taking care of their children, and also to give money to them. Every time she comes back, they will always quarrel because the husband accused her of having an affair with a man who sometimes sent her home,” the neighbour said.