Man murders wife over suspicion of illicit affair

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 8

A man allegedly killed his wife over suspicion of her extramarital affair.

The deceased has been identified as Jaswinder Kaur (55), while the accused has been identified as Ramesh Kumar.

The accused was a truck driver, but from the past few months he was unemployed. He was alcoholic and used to beat his wife.

The couple has three children. One son is residing in Dubai, daughter is married and another son is living separately in Ludhiana. The couple was living alone.

Today Ramesh brought a new knife from market and he stabbed his wife repeatedly. After killing her, Ramesh called his relatives and informed them that he had killed his wife.

ACP Gurvinder Singh said raids were being conducted to nab Ramesh.

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