Wife kills man for not getting her medicines

A Narela woman bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer on Monday night, after he returned home without her medicines. The police said the couple’s four-year-old daughter witnessed the entire incident, while their two other children were asleep.

The deceased, identified as Kamal, worked at a shoe factory. When he returned home without his wife’s medicines, the two had a heated argument. He then went off to sleep. Afterwards, the woman attacked him with a hammer.

“Neighbours said there was a wedding in the area. The murder apparently took place when the wedding band was passing by. No one heard the man’s screams for help. Locals said the woman later appeared in the balcony with blood stains on her face. When they inquired, she ignored them and went inside,” a senior police officer said.

The police said the neighbours smelled a rat and entered the couple’s house. They told the cops that the bedroom was splattered with blood. “Walls, the bed and floor were soaked in blood and Kamal was lying on the bed. On being questioned, the woman confessed to the murder and said instead of buying medicines, her husband spent the money elsewhere. Their four-year-old child also told the police about the killing,” the officer said.

The police have sent the body for post-mortem and a crime and forensics team has collected samples from the spot. A case of murder has been registered and the cops have recovered the murder weapon.