Chhattisgarh: Man kills wife, hangs self with ‘lungi’ after fight
The man named Pavan, in a fit of rage, allegedly attacked his wife with a hammer and killed her, the official said.
Korba: A 37-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and then committed suicide by hanging himself following a quarrel between them in Korba district, Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said.
The incident took place at around 1 am in Dhandhani village under Urga police station limits, said Station House Officer Yuvraj Tiwari.
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As per preliminary information, Pavan Binjhwar and his wife Sumti Binjhwar (35) had gone to the place of his in-laws on Monday morning and returned at night.
The couple later had an argument over some issue and Pavan, in a fit of rage, allegedly attacked his wife with a hammer and killed her, the official said.
The man later hanged himself with a ‘lungi’ (a long piece of cloth worn by men) from a wooden log at the ceiling of his mud house, he said.
After being alerted, a police team reached the spot and sent the bodies for post mortem, the official said.
An investigation was on into the incident, he added.
