Imphal | November 26: In a shocking incident, a seven-month pregnant woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband after the couple had a fight over an alleged illicit affair which the husband was having with another woman that came to knowledge of the victim.
The incident happened yesterday evening at about 8 pm at Thoubal Ningombam in Thoubal district when the victim N. Dhanamanjuri 24, who was in the advance stage of pregnancy, was severely beaten up by her husband in a fit of rage following a hot argument over the illicit affair that her husband, N. Niranjan 28, was having with another woman, who was also reportedly pregnant, according to his neighbours.
Dhanamanjuri was shifted to the Thoubal hospital by her husband’s family members but she was declared brought death by the doctors there. The family members of Niranjan fled the hospital after they came to know that their daughter-in-law was dead, a police source said.
Niranjan was arrested by the police at around 11 pm the same day. The accused, a police constable in Manipur police, told the hospital authority that his wife was found hanging herself when he returned home from duty in the evening yesterday, hospital sources said.
Tension prevailed at Thoubal Ningombam following the residents stormed the house of Niranjan and attempted to pull down it around 11:30 this morning but police came rushing to the spot and prevented them from dismantling the house.
In another attempt to damage the house led to a minor scuffle between a large crowd and the police around 12:30 this afternoon. The police resorted to fire several rounds of tear gas shells and live bullets to quell the mob. No one was injured in the police action.
Some women, however, somehow managed to enter into the residence and destroyed some portions of it before the police stopped them, sources said. A case has been registered with the Thoubal police in connection with the incident, police said.
The incident happened yesterday evening at about 8 pm at Thoubal Ningombam in Thoubal district when the victim N. Dhanamanjuri 24, who was in the advance stage of pregnancy, was severely beaten up by her husband in a fit of rage following a hot argument over the illicit affair that her husband, N. Niranjan 28, was having with another woman, who was also reportedly pregnant, according to his neighbours.
Dhanamanjuri was shifted to the Thoubal hospital by her husband’s family members but she was declared brought death by the doctors there. The family members of Niranjan fled the hospital after they came to know that their daughter-in-law was dead, a police source said.
Niranjan was arrested by the police at around 11 pm the same day. The accused, a police constable in Manipur police, told the hospital authority that his wife was found hanging herself when he returned home from duty in the evening yesterday, hospital sources said.
Tension prevailed at Thoubal Ningombam following the residents stormed the house of Niranjan and attempted to pull down it around 11:30 this morning but police came rushing to the spot and prevented them from dismantling the house.
In another attempt to damage the house led to a minor scuffle between a large crowd and the police around 12:30 this afternoon. The police resorted to fire several rounds of tear gas shells and live bullets to quell the mob. No one was injured in the police action.
Some women, however, somehow managed to enter into the residence and destroyed some portions of it before the police stopped them, sources said. A case has been registered with the Thoubal police in connection with the incident, police said.
