Husband stabs woman to death in Amritsar

At a time when city residents were celebrating Durga Ashtami festival, a married woman was brutally killed by her husband in the posh Greenfield area located on the Majitha road here today. Ritu’s only fault was that she had given birth to a handicapped boy, who did not have one hand, alleged her family.

Following complaint by her family, the police booked her husband Vishnu Mahajan, father Avinash Mahajan and brother Dinesh Mahajan on charges of murder.

Vinod Kumar, SHO, Sadar police station, said Vishnu and Avinash were arrested while efforts were on to nab Dinesh who was absconding.

The SHO said the incident occurred around 4.30 am when the victim was asleep. The prime accused repeatedly stabbed victim on her neck with a sharp knife. Ritu was immediately rushed to a hospital by her in-laws family members, but doctors declared her brought dead, the SHO said.

Victim’s mother Poonam, a resident of the Mahan Singh Gate area, stated that Ritu got married with Vishnu around 10 years ago. She alleged that after a few months of the marriage, Vishnu and his family members started harassing her daughter. Vishnu was unemployed, she said. She alleged that after birth of their son, who did not have one hand, the situation did not change and her daughter’s in-laws continued to harass her.

She said a number of times they took up the matter with Vishnu’s family and a compromise was reached, but the situation remained the same. She said Ritu had come to meet them yesterday and had returned home in the evening.

She said in the morning people living in Ritu’s neighbourhood told them on phone that their daughter was taken to a hospital. She said when they reached hospital, they found that their daughter was stabbed multiple times with a sharp weapon on her neck and other parts of the body.