Surat man arrested for beating wife to death

SURAT: Limbayat police arrested a 25-year-old labourer on Friday for allegedly killing his 23-year-old wife as she did not agree to bear a child.
Shiv Hari Yadav and his wife Rumi had bitter disputes as Yadav wanted a child. On Thursday, the couple again had a nasty fight over the issue near a farm in Devadh village on the city’s outskirts and Yadav badly thrashed her. When she fell unconscious, he dragged her into the sugarcane farm and sat there entire night, believing that she would regain consciousness.
However, sensing something wrong, Yadav himself called up the police control room and confessed to the murder, said said an official from Limbayat police station. He was taken into custody from the spot.
Yadav told police that he and Rumi had gone out to buy vegetables on Thursday evening and walked for some distance up to Devadh village. As they entered into an argument again an altercation broke out between them, following which Yadav started beating Rume.
“After beating her black and blue, when Rumi fell unconscious, Yadav did not realize that she had succumbed to her injuries, and waited for her to come around,” said an official from Limbayat police station.