'Legs tied, beaten with belt, stabbed': Man brutally assaults wife in Bhopal; husband held

BHOPAL: In a horrific incident reported in A-Sector Damkheda in the Kolar area, a man allegedly brutally assaulted his wife, tied her legs, beat her with a belt and stick, and later stabbed her multiple times with a broken beer bottle.The woman was found naked and severely injured, lying in a semi-conscious state in the rear section of the house.According to ASI Veermani Pandey, the injured woman, a 28-year-old, is married to an alcoholic and unemployed man.The couple was married for eight years and has two children. Due to repeated domestic violence, she left her husband two months ago and moved to her maternal home with the children, say police.On Sunday evening, Arvind invited his wife and children to his home under the pretext of reconciliation. However, under the influence of alcohol, he began arguing and later locked his wife in a room, tied her legs with a rope, and began beating her mercilessly with a belt and stick. The children, terrified, locked themselves in another room.