Ghaziabad: Wife kills husband over drinking habits
A 48-year-old woman allegedly bludgeoned her husband to death after she had a heated argument with him at their residence in the Rampuri area of Ghaziabad.
Police said Shanta Devi told them that her husband Sriram Sharma (54), a businessman, was an alcoholic and frequently fought with her and assaulted her. Shanta has been arrested for his murder.
Police said the couple lived with their daughter, who is an MBA student in Ghaziabad. On Tuesday, Sriram came home drunk and fought with his wife over a trivial matter, police said.
"The two had been having arguments for a while. Sriram had a transport business, which wasn't doing very well. As a result, the family's finances were suffering and it's possible that Sriram had taken to drinking because of this," Ranvijay Singh, Ghaziabad Deputy Superintendent Police, said.
Police said Sriram would often assault his wife while he was in an inebriated state. After her arrest, Shanta told police that the constant abuse — both physical and mental — had driven her to the murder.
Police said when the daughter saw her parents fighting, she tried to intervene and was told by her mother to go to the next room. "Following this, Shanta hit him on the head with a hammer. Death was almost instantaneous. After killing him, she covered him with a blanket and went off to sleep in the next room," Singh said.
Police said the body was discovered by the daughter on Friday morning, after which she informed the police.
This is the second such incident in National Capital Region in the last two days. On Thursday, an elderly woman was bludgeoned to death by unknown assailants inside her Malviya Nagar residence.
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