Wife kills hubby, hurt in attack
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, March 26 2014:
In a rare incident, a housewife killed her husband at Icham Khunou Maning Leirak under Yairipok PS in Thoubal district this morning around 9.30 .
Sources said that Thokchom Brojen (43) died instantly when his wife, Inao pierced him with a sharp-edged stick over a reported quarrel.
The wife has also been hospitalised in a serious condition following a mob assault.
Reports culled from the spot said that the couple had a verbal duel this morning, which according to the report is a routine affair between them.
An artisan, the husband is said to be an alcoholic.
Later around 11.30 am, Inao screamed aloud saying there was a dead man in their house.
When the neighbours rushed to the house, they found the husband lying in the verandah.
On seeing their neighbours swarming up their residence, the killer housewife made a last ditch attempt to ward off the mob by holding a knife and threatening to kill the one who dared to proceed nearer.
Then she locked herself in the house.
The mob broke the door and overpowered Inao.
When interrogated, the wife confessed to have killed her husband in a fit of rage when he took 2 kgs of rice to exchange with liquor.
Angered by her response, the mob began to thrash the housewife too.
Presuming her to be dead, the mob left her beside her hubby's dead body.
However, police, who arrived at the scene around 1pm, found the wife alive.
The dead body was deposited at JNIMS morgue for identification.
Meanwhile, locals of Icham Khunou Maning Leirak decided to bar the the accused killer who has been hospitalised from entering the locality ever again.