Saketri man bites off wife’s ear, arrested

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 15

A resident of Manav Colony in Saketri village has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife and biting off her ear.

The suspect has been identified as Rohit.

According to the complainant, her husband, a habitual drinker, often abused her. On April 14, when she urged him not to drink, he started hurling abuses at her.

“He punched me in the face. I cried for help. My daughter, who intervened, was also beaten up. My husband then bit off my ear. He even threatened to kill me if I reported the matter to the police,” she stated.

The victim was taken to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6 where doctors referred her to the PGI in Chandigarh.

A case under Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 325 (punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Mansa Devi Complex police station.

Man arrested for supplying liquor

A Kalka resident has been arrested for illegally supplying liquor during the lockdown. The suspect has been identified as Devi Sharma. Crime branch officials from Sector 26 on Tuesday got a tip-off on that a person involved in the illegal sale of liquor has kept some bottles in a plastic sack. When the police team reached the spot in Sharma Colony of Kalka, the suspect tried to run away. He was, however, nabbed. The police also recovered 40 bottles of liquor from his possession.