Vadodara: Alleged alcoholic wife kicks man to death in fit of rage

VADODARA: In a ghastly incident of role reversal, a 35-year-old alleged alcoholic woman beat her 42-year-old husband and tried to cover it up as an accident caused due to his binge drinking in Padra village adjoining the city.
Though the incident happened last week, Puni Mali was booked for murder on Friday only after her husband Rajesh’s postmortem revealed that he had not died a natural death. The report revealed that Rajesh’s ribcage was broken and his lung was also damaged.
According to police, Rajesh was killed at Puni’s parental home when he had gone there to meet her on August 3. Puni had gone to stay with her parents after a fight with him. Here too, there was a quarrel between the couple and in the heat of things, Puni repeatedly kicked him till in the chest he died.
Rajesh’s family came to know about his death when his sister had called up Puni on Rakshabandhan enquiring about her brother. Puni told her that Rajesh fell down in a drunken stupor and sustained injuries, leading to his death.
When the body was brought home, Rajesh’s mother Narmada, became suspicious seeing some marks on his body. The other reason was that while Rajesh rarely consumed alcohol, his mother told the police that it was allegedly Puni who is addicted to alcohol. She then requested cops to conduct a postmortem.
“The doctors said that the victim had been beaten to death and did not die due to falling,” said inspector SA Karmur of Padra police station. Based on the mother’s suspicion, cops questioned Puni, who broke down and confessed to having killed him after another fight.
“Rajesh wanted his wife to sit with him but she refused saying she had household work to do. He then allegedly pulled her by her hair. To free herself from his clutches, Puni punched him several times on his chest. When he fell down, the woman kicked him for several minutes ,” Karmur added.
The woman will be arrested after her Covid-19 reports arrive, said cops.