Assam man accused of beheading wife jumps from police van, dies

“When the vehicle reached Nursing College, Goswami suddenly attacked the escorting constable. He kicked the constable, opened the rear door and jumped off,” Pegu said.

Goswami suffered serious injuries after falling onto the road, following which the police team rushed him to GMCH, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, the DCP said.

GMCH Superintendent Devajit Choudhury said Goswami was brought to the hospital at 3.41 am by the police as a traffic accident victim. “He was brought dead. The cause of death is yet to be ascertained,” he said, adding there were no bullet injury marks on the body.

Details will be known once the post-mortem is completed, Choudhury added.

Police said Goswami’s family members have been informed about his death and that all legal formalities are being carried out. An investigation is underway, police said.

Goswami’s wife, Riya Talukdar Goswami, was found dead at her apartment in Guwahati on September 9. The incident came to light after Riya’s family approached the police, claiming she was not responding to their calls. A police team from Hatigaon Police Station Police recovered Riya’s severed head from inside a refrigerator at the residence and also seized an alleged murder weapon, a dao.

Goswami, a cab driver, surrendered to the police two days later. —With PTI inputs