UP Man Burns Wife To Death Over Suspected Extramarital Affair, Flees With Children
Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh: A man from Uttar Pradesh allegedly set his wife ablaze over suspicious extramarital affair and fled with the scene with the couple’s two children.
The accused man, Sukhbir Singh alias Monu, burnt his 30-year-old wife Sonam after tieing her to a chair and then pouring petrol and setting ablaze. The incident occurred in Jagatpur village under the Chhibramau police station area in Kannauj district.
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The woman’s body remains were recovered from the house after firefighters brought the blaze under control. The couple had been married for around 11 years. The accused man was working in a private job in Haryana’s Hisar and had returned to the village around 15 days ago.
According to the police, the man suspected his wife of having an affair with a local youth and had started keeping monitering her. The suspicion became vivid as he caught her talking to the youth over the phone. Since then, the couple engaged in arguments, and on Thursday at around 7 am, the murder took place.
The villagers gathered around the house after hearing the commotion and seeing flames engulfing the area. They found Sonam’s skeletal remains. The accused is at large and the police is searing for him
