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Enraged by wife's illicit affair, Meerut man kills her and attempts suicide

MEERUT: A resident of Lisari Gate area of Meerut murdered his wife by smothering her and later tried to commit suicide by slashing his own neck. According to police sources, he was enraged by his wife’s alleged illicit affair with a neighbour.


SP city Akhilesh Singh said that “the attacker and the woman were allegedly having an illicit relationship which was obviously not approved of by the woman’s husband.”


A meeting of area’s elders took place a few days ago and prohibited the two from meeting each other.

The incident occurred in New Shandaar Colony of Lisari Gate locality where Akram, 36, lived with his wife and four children. Both had recurrent fights over his wife’s alleged relations with one Imran.

On Tuesday night, Akram returned from work and did not find his wife. It enraged him. There was a major fight when she returned. After killing his wife, Akram slashed himself repeatedly with a knife. It was children’s shrieks that alerted neighbours who rushed to the house.

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