Kanpur murder: Wife slashes husband with an axe; later cleaned the bloodstains from the floor

The child of the couple was found hiding in the room; the woman misled her in-laws about the cause of the injuries.

A shocking incident has made the headlines, where a husband was atrociously murdered by his wife with an axe in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The woman reportedly killed her husband by repeatedly attacking him with an axe after the couple had consumed alcohol together and got into a heated argument.

Wife kills husband with an axe in Kanpur after a heated argument.

The incident took place on Wednesday night in the Bithoor area, as reported by the Hindi daily Live Hindustan. After a heated argument with each other at their home in Tikra village in Kanpur, the wife killed the husband with an axe. According to the police, cited in the report, the victim has been identified as 45-year-old Pappu, who worked at a tile-and-stone-laying firm. He was hospitalised following the attack and died early Thursday morning. The woman, after allegedly learning about her husband’s death, fled the house with their 4-year-old son. During the police inspection, the child was reportedly found hiding inside a room before the woman escaped.

More on the shocking murder of the husband.

Police said that the woman and her husband had been drinking together when an argument broke out. During the fight, she allegedly picked up an axe kept inside the house and attacked him multiple times. Officials further revealed that the couple continued with arguments for nearly two hours before the woman allegedly launched the attack. Pappu collapsed on the floor in a pool of blood after being struck repeatedly. After the assault, the woman reportedly cleaned the bloodstains from the floor and misled her in-laws about the cause of the injuries.

Post-mortem of the body reveals more than ten injuries on the victim’s head. Apart from an axe, blunt objects such as a rolling pin and a grinding stone were also allegedly used in the attack. The deceased’s mother alleged that the woman had started quarrelling with her son a few months after the marriage and frequently fought with him. The victim’s brother, Santosh, said that when the family reached the house, Pappu was in a critical condition. “As we tried to take him to the hospital, she argued with us and became violent.”