A 57-year-old cleric in Muzaffarnagar district died after he was castrated by his wife for planning to get married for the third time.
The accused was his second wife and she has been arrested.
The woman told investigators that she pounced upon him with a sharp-edged kitchen knife while he was asleep. She said that she castrated him and he bled to death.
Hazra, the local cleric Wakeel Ahmed s second wife, had earlier pleaded with him not to marry for a third time, but the man had made up his mind.
The incident occurred in Shikarpur village on Friday night and Hazra was arrested on Saturday. His first wife was not at home at the time of the incident.
3 juveniles apprehended for stabbing man in outer Delhi.
Three juveniles were apprehended for allegedly stabbing a 45-year-old man to death during a robbery in outer Delhi s Sultanpuri area, police said on Sunday.
The deceased, identified as Ravinder, a resident of Nangloi, worked as a contractor in a shoe manufacturing unit at Mangolpuri Industrial Area, they said.
Police said the juveniles, all aged 17, worked at a wedding horse and carriage shop, where they got into the habit of drinking. To fulfil their liquor needs, they required money and took to snatching.
The incident took place on Friday when the three juveniles were looking for an easy target at a park near Jalebi Chowk, Sultanpuri. Around 9:30 pm, they spotted Ravinder, who was standing near the park and talking to someone over his mobile phone, they said.