Ludhiana man stabs wife with scissors as minor children watch, arrested

LUDHIANA: A carpenter brutally killed his wife with scissors at their house in New Ashok Nagar on Monday night. Hours later, the police arrested him while he was trying to leave the city.
Avtar Singh, 43, stabbed Jasveer Kaur, 40, multiple times in front of their two sons, aged 17 and six.
Salem Tabri police station SHO inspector Gopal Krishan said, “Avtar was a hard drinker. He and his wife often fought over his drinking habit.”
The couple’s elder son said his parents would get into a scrap over petty issues. “Avtar also suspected his wife of having an illicit relation. After losing his temper, he would ask her to leave the house and live with her paramour,” said a cop.
Their teenager son, an eyewitness of the murder, said, “On returning home from work on Monday night, my father asked for dinner. As it was being prepared, my mother asked him to wait. This led to a fight between the two. My father then picked up scissors kept on a table and stabbed my mother in stomach. I rushed to save her, but my father threatened to kill me too.”
The sacred teenager and his younger brother stood by as Avtar stabbed their mother multiple times in stomach, neck and chest. As soon as he escaped from the spot, the teenager raised the alarm around 9.30pm.
Neighbours rushed to their house and called up the police.
“Jasveer was alive when we reached their house. We took her to a hospital, where she succumbed during treatment early on Tuesday,” the SHO said.
Salem Tabri police registered a case under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC against Avtar. He was arrested in the morning, when he was trying to leave the city.