Hubby held for dowry murder in Patna

PATNA: A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his wife for not fulfilling his dowry demands. The accused, identified as Krishna Kumar (34) is from Badi Nagla under Malsalami police station in Patna City.

Malsalami police station SHO Sudama Kumar Singh said that the deceased was identified as Rina Devi (28).

“Her body was found lying in her bedroom in the wee hours on Wednesday. Her husband alleged that she committed suicide by hanging herself, but nothing supported his claim,” he said.

Singh said Rina’s father Jitendra Matho lodged an FIR against two persons, including her husband, alleging that her daughter was strangled for not fulfilling his demand of a bike and money.

Patna City SDPO Manish Kumar said there was ligature mark around the woman’s neck, which suggested that she might have been strangled with a wire or rope. He said Rina’s father is from Sabbalpur under River police station and she had got married six years back.

“Her body was sent to NMCH for postmortem. Things would be clear after the report,” he said, adding a case of dowry murder has been registered.

It was the fourth murder for dowry in the city this month. On May 23, one Sagar Mahto (25) of at Dhanki under Agamkuan police station had allegedly killed his pregnant wife Anju Devi (21) for not bringing Rs2.5 lakh as dowry. On May 10, one Amarjeet Bind (35) was arrested after his wife Shrikanti Devi (32) committed suicide at Macchli Gali under Shastri Nagar police station area. Shrikanti’s family had lodged an FIR against Amarjeet for thrashing and torturing her. On May 7, one Manish Kumar (30) was arrested for allegedly strangling his wife Anita Devi (25) at Shivpuri under Shastri Nagar police station. Her father Mangleshwar Kumar Rai had lodged an FIR alleging that Anita was killed for Rs5 lakh and a sports bike in dowry.