Man blinds wife, cuts off her ears

BHOPAL: A man on the run from the law for the past two years blinded his wife and cut off her ears in Rama village of Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, the police said on Tuesday.

Rakesh Yadav, 45, suspected that his wife Guddi, 40 was having an illicit relationship with his younger brother while he was on the run.

According to the police, villagers reportedly incited Yadav against his wife. He took his wife to their farm Monday evening on the pretext of some work. There he tied her with a rope, stabbed her eyes and cut off her ears.

Rakesh was about to chop off her nose when some villagers reached there and he ran away. The villagers rushed Guddi to a hospital and informed the police about the incident. 

The police have registered a case of attempt to murder against Yadav.