A man in UP killed his wife with a sharp weapon after delay in serving him lunch. (Representational)
A 30-year-old man in UP's Sitapur killed his wife using a sharp weapon after an argument over delay in serving him lunch. He then died by suicide by hanging himself in his house in this district, police said.
The woman has been identified as Prema Devi, 28, and her husband Parasram, Thangaon police station SHO Hanumant Lal Tiwari said.
The angry husband first attacked and killed his wife with a sharp weapon and then, fearing that he would have to go to jail, committed suicide by hanging himself inside the house, the police officer told Press Trust of India.
According to police, Parasram returned home after working in the fields on Monday afternoon and asked his wife for food. The lunch was not ready when Parasram reached home, the police said.
Due to the delay in getting food, the husband got angry and an argument between the couple took place which escalated to such an extent that he killed his wife by repeatedly attacking her with a sharp weapon, police said.
Villagers said that after the incident, the accused husband locked himself in the room and died by suicide by hanging himself.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination, police said.
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