Uttar Pradesh: Cleric dies in Muzaffarnagar district after wife bobbitises him for wishing a third wife

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 57-year-old

cleric

in Uttar Pradesh's

Muzaffarnagar

district died after he was bobbitised by his

wife

for wishing to get a third wife. She was his second.

The woman, who was arrested on Friday, told investigators that she pounced upon him with a sharp-edged kitchen knife while he was asleep. According to police sources, the man's desire for a third wife led to a scuffle. She bobbitised him and the man "bled to death".

Hazra, the local cleric Wakeel Ahmed's second wife, had earlier pleaded with him not to marry for a third time, but the man had made up his mind. The incident occurred in Shikarpur village on Thursday night. His first wife was not at home, sources added.

A team of cops from Bhorakalan police station reached their house and the man's body was sent for postmortem.

Deputy SP of Phugana, Sharad Chad Sharma, said, "The woman has confessed to her crime. Her husband wished to marry yet again. And she wanted to prevent him. Their argument turned into a major scuffle."

Bhorakalan SHO Jitender Singh said she has been booked under section 302 [murder] of

IPC

and sent to prison. "We are looking into the matter from all legal angles."