Raipur: Enraged by his father-in-law’s refusal to return cash and jewels that the he had handed over for safe-keeping, a man strangulated his wife to death and later hanged himself in Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, police officials said Saturday.
Sub-divisional Officer of Police, Mungeli, J.P.N. Singh said, ” The deceased have been identified as Pramod Satnami (25) and his wife Tulsi Satnami (23).”
Police also recovered a suicide note on the person of Pramod, in which he stated that he was killing his wife as her father refused to give back the money and ornaments that were entrusted to him by the couple.
According to family sources, Pramod and his wife Tulsi were working as construction workers in Bhopal and staying at the house of Pramod’s uncle Sadaram.
On Friday Sadaram along with family members had gone to work in his field while the couple stayed back at home.
According to sources, before leaving for Bhopal, Pramod had given some money and ornaments to his father-in-law for safe-keeping. On his return, he reportedly asked his father-in-law to return the money and ornaments, but his wife’s father refused to part with the valuables. (IANS)
