Jharkhand, Jul 18: In a shocking incident, a woman stabbed her husband to death as she was stopped from wearing jeans after marrage.
The incident was reported from Jorbhitha village, which falls under the jurisdiction of Jamtara police station, India today reported.
On Saturday, the woman, identified as Pushpa Hembrom, went to a fair in Gopalpur village wearing jeans. When she returned home, the couple had a heated argument over her clothes and questioned her as to why she wore the jeans after her marriage.
The alleged remarks of the husband led to an argument and, in a fit of anger, Pushpa attacked her husband with a knife, leaving the victim serious hurt.
The family members of the victim immediately took him to Dhanbad PMCH but he succumbed to his injuries. The father of the deceased man, identified as Karneshwar Tudu, said that there was a dispute between his son and daughter-in-law over wearing jeans. “The wife stabbed her husband to death during the fight,” he said.
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In the meantime, police have initiated a probe into the case and efforts are being made to recover the murder weapon.
“We have received information about the incident. Since the victim died during the treatment in Dhanbad, an FIR has been registered in Dhanbad. The matter is being investigated,” Jamtara Station House Officer (SHO) Abdul Rehman said.
