Bengaluru Woman Stabs Husband After He Refuses To Take Her To Singapore (image@ Pixabay)
A 52-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her 56-year-old husband after he refused to take her to Singapore along with him, claiming that she was not good at keeping the house tidy. The husband told police in his complaint that his wife attacked him with kitchen knife on Saturday.
Police arrested the woman under section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). She was then released on bail. According to the police, the wife was upset that she was being left behind while her husband takes their son with them.
Th man has been working with an MNC for the past 20 years and lives in Singapore. He is from Tamil Nadu and married the woman from Bengaluru in 2002. They has a 20-year-old son. The mother and son used to live in Bengaluru and would often visit Singapore for few days. The man too would visit Bengaluru once or twice a year to spend time with his family.
The man took his family to Singapore on last September. He wanted them to stay there, and wanted his son to complete his studies in Singapore. He alleged that his wife wasn’t doing the household chores properly and was not maintaining cleanliness. Often, the couple had argument regarding the issue. The family returned to Bengaluru on January 5. The man was planning to return to Singapore on January 19, along with his son. On Saturday, January 6, he told his wife about returning back to Singapore without her. They had an argument over it.
“I was sleeping in the bedroom around 2:00 pm post lunch. She attacked me with a knife on my head and hand. When I tried to retort, she stabbed me in the back. Later she brought water laced with chilli powder and threw it on my face”, said the man to TOI.
The father and son pushed the woman out of the room and locked themselves in. They called the police helpline 112 and informed about the situation. Police rushed to the place and convinced the woman to open the door. They the man to hospital, who got 14 stitches for the wound. Police then arrested the woman.
The woman was kept in an NGO that night, but she refused to eat until her son came back to her. Police forcibly made her eat dinner. According to police, she got disturbed by the fact that her husband wanted to take their son along with him while leaving her behind, which led her to attack him. Police suspects that man does not want to stay with his wife any longer as he thinks “she lacks his modern outlook”. Both father and son, who are now staying in a hotel, said that they did not like how the woman conducted herself.
