Woman sent to judicial custody for killing husband

Times News NetworkUjjain: A woman was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody for killing her husband with a hammer following a domestic dispute in Ujjain’s Unhel police station area.The woman, Radhika alias Madhuri, was produced before First Class Judicial Magistrate in Nagda and sent to judicial custody at Bhairavgarh Jail.The case came to light on Tuesday when Ashok Lohar of Bedawan village found his son’s house locked from inside and spotted bloodstains through a gap in the door. He informed the police and when they opened the door, his son Vikram Lohar was found dead, while Vikram’s wife and son were found asleep inside.Police recovered a blood-stained hammer from the house. No evidence of any outsider entering the house that night was found.CSP Vikram Ahirwar and station in-charge Santosh Chouhan said that the body was sent for postmortem examination, while the wife was detained for questioning.During questioning. Radhika confessed to striking her husband on head with a hammer during a late-night quarrel, killing him instantly.

She said that she later went to sleep with her son.Radhika told police that Vikram was addicted to alcohol and used to beat and torment her. That night, he had returned home drunk before the dispute turned fatal. The couple had been married for about 13 years and had one son, a sixth-grade student.