KOTA: Persistent family scuffle claimed life of a couple at Suwaliya Kunja village under Panwar police station of Jhalawar district on Monday. A 58-year-old man slashed his wife’s neck killing her on the spot in his house in the afternoon and later consumed poison that led to his death during treatment at a local hospital in the evening.
Police registered a case and handed over the two bodies to the family members after post mortem on Tuesday.
The deceased couple was identified as Bansilal Meena (58) and his wife Dwarkabai (55).
The couple had been engaged in a family dispute of over a year and scuffle and exchange of hot words was a daily routine between them, Panwar SHO Jagdish Prasad said.
Following a routine scuffle on Monday afternoon, Bansilal slashed his wife’s neck with a sickle and then hit her with a stone killing her on the spot, Prasad said, adding the husband then consumed poison. He was rushed to Khanpur CHC where he died during treatment, the SHO said. The couple is survived by a son and daughter-in-law. The son was away in the market to sell crop while the daughter-in-law was in another portion of the house when the incident took place. tnn