Punjab: Drunk man tries to chop off wife’s arm in public

PATIALA: A drunkard created panic in Sunam town of Sangrur district on Sunday morning as he allegedly tried to chop off his wife’s arm with a sickle in full public view. But, he was eventually overpowered by the bystanders and handed over to the police.
Ajaib Singh of Chhajli village, who reportedly did not have cordial relations with his wife, tied the arms and legs of Veerpal Kaur and threw her in a three-wheeler cart with a motorbike attached in front. He rode to Jakhal Road of Sunam, where he got out of the vehicle with a sickle in one hand and liquor bottle in the other.
As he created a scene on the road, a number of passersby assembled there and tried to convince him to let the woman go. But, he held the wife by her hair and started attacking her with the sickle, trying to chop off her left arm. All this while, he kept threatening the bystanders to stay away. Even when the police arrived there, Ajaib Singh challenged them and warned not to come close.
Finally, the bystanders attacked him with sticks and succeeded in saving the woman, who received several injuries on her body. The accused was then thrashed by the people, before the police took him into custody.
Both man and wife were rushed to the Sunam civil hospital, from where Ajaib Singh had to be referred to the Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala in view of his bad condition.
The police said a case under sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC has been registered against Ajaib Singh.