Ahmedabad woman kills husband to ‘stop him from beating their son’
The couple has three children--Hetvi (17), Ruchi (16) and Manjit (11)--and all three were present in the house at the time of the murder, police said.
Police said Thattil was arrested for assaulting Alappuzha-native Alex on July 24 that led to the latter getting hospitalised.(Representational File Photo) A 40-year-old woman from a residential society at Chandlodia in Ahmedabad was arrested for allegedly killing her husband “to stop him from beating their son”.
According to police, the accused, Deep Mala Yadav, a resident of the Jai Aditi society in Chandlodia, was arrested by a team at Sola Police Station Tuesday after she allegedly stabbed to death her husband Vijay Singh Yadav (45).
The incident occurred around 9:30 pm Monday and the accused allegedly used a kitchen knife to attack her husband.
The couple has three children–Hetvi (17), Ruchi (16) and Manjit (11)–and all three were present in the house at the time of the murder, police said.
The victim was a bus driver at the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) and was on suspension for the past 20 days.
The victim’s elder brother Rajesh Singh Yadav, also a resident of Chandlodia, told the police that he received a call around 9:45 pm from one of the kids who asked him to rush to their residence.
“After I reached their residence, I saw Vijay lying in a pool of blood. The eldest daughter Hetvi told me that Vijay was suspended for the past 20 days and was at home. Around 7 pm, Vijay told his wife and kids that they should sleep in the first-floor room as he would like to watch TV all night,” said Rajesh.
Around 9:15 pm, Vijay arrived in the room where his wife and kids were and started shouting at them saying certain TV channels were not working.
“He accused his kids of shutting down the TV channels. Hearing this, their youngest child Manjit rushed to the ground floor to fix the TV when Vijay followed him and started thrashing him in a fit of rage. He then grabbed his arm and tried to twist it. Hearing the commotion, Deep Mala arrived downstairs and used a knife to attack Vijay,” he added.
According to police, the accused was arrested Tuesday evening.
“The victim was taken to Sola Civil Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The accused had absconded after the murder but she was finally arrested Tuesday evening,” said an officer.
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