Woman dies as husband stuffs her nose, mouth with glue
A 35-year-old woman died of suffocation after her husband allegedly stuffed a strong adhesive in her mouth, nose, and eyes. The incident took place at their Rajput Colony residence in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha on Friday. "The victim, Durga Bai, suffocated to death after her husband Halkeram Kushwaha stuffed a strong adhesive, used for sticking broken items, in her mouth, nose, and eyes," police said.
Police launched a search to nab husband
Before committing the crime, the accused asked his two sons to go outside the house and used the glue to kill his wife. The incident came to light when one of their minor sons returned home in the evening and found his mother lying motionless. The 15-year-old boy lodged a police complaint, following which Halkeram was booked; a search was launched to nab him.
The accused had tried to poison his wife in past
The boy told the police that his father was a drunkard and often quarreled with his mother. He also informed the police that the accused had even tried to poison his mother in the past. In a similar case reported in Rewa district of MP in May'16, a woman had allegedly used the same adhesive on her drunkard husband's eyes while he was asleep.
