Domestic fight turns deadly as man kills wife, uses pressure cooker and knife, arrested in Rudrapur

RUDRAPUR: A man allegedly murdered his wife in a brutal attack following a domestic dispute over infidelity suspicion in Mundwakheda village of Jaspur, Udham Singh Nagar district.

The accused, 35-year-old Rahul Singh, was arrested on Monday. Police said Rahul and his wife, Neema, 32, lived separately from his parents in Madua Kheda village. The couple had a son and a daughter, who were recently sent to their maternal grandmother’s home in Amritpur under the Rehda police station limits.On Saturday night, a heated argument broke out between the two, after which Rahul attacked Neema. He first hit her with a pressure cooker and then used a sharp weapon to slit her throat, hands, and legs, causing massive blood loss.

Neema died on the spot. Rahul fled the scene after the murder. The next morning, Rahul’s mother informed the police. A forensic team collected evidence from the spot, and the body was sent for postmortem. Rahul worked at a sweet shop while Neema was employed at a plywood factory. “Rahul suspected Neema of having an extramarital affair. During a heated argument, he lost control and killed her,” said Jaspur SHO Jagdish Thakriyal. Police have recovered the murder weapon and the cooker from the crime scene. During interrogation, Rahul confessed to the crime. Based on a complaint by the victim’s father, police have registered a murder case, and further investigation is underway.

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