Police said the man was rushed to a hospital but was declared “dead” (Representational)
Bhadohi:
A 55-year-old man was allegedly killed by his wife and older daughter-in-law in a village in the Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh for having an illicit relationship with his younger daughter-in-law, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred in a village below the district’s Koirana Police Station on Saturday night when the man’s wife and eldest daughter-in-law attacked him and cut his throat with a knife, said Bhadohi Police Superintendent Ram Badan Singh.
The SP said the man was rushed to a hospital, but was pronounced “dead”.
The man had four children, all living in Mumbai as migrant workers, the SP said, adding that two of them were married and their wives lived in the village with their in-laws.
The man had developed an illicit relationship with his younger daughter-in-law, and this was vehemently contested by his wife and older daughter-in-law, who had sent the younger daughter to her parents’ home.
Enraged by this, some time ago, the man had attacked his eldest daughter-in-law and damaged her eyes, police said, adding that he had also driven her and his wife out of the main house, forcing them to live in another house. . 100 meters on the same street.
About four to five days ago, the man had brought his youngest daughter-in-law from his parents’ place to live with him, police said.
The man’s wife and older daughter-in-law broke into the man’s home last night and attacked him, after which the younger daughter-in-law fled the home and arrived at a police station where she told police that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law He had attacked her and her father-in-law.
When police arrived at the man’s home, they found him lying in a pool of blood with his neck open, police said, adding that they rushed him to the district hospital but were unable to save him.
The SP said a preliminary investigation into the matter revealed that the victim had an illicit relationship with his minor daughter-in-law.
Police registered a murder case and informed the four children of the victim, the SP said.
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