A man allegedly tied his wife to a chair, poured petrol on her and set her ablaze over suspicion of an extramarital affair, before fleeing with their children, in Kannauj district on Thursday morning, police said.
Hearing the commotion and seeing flames engulfing the house, villagers rushed to the spot and alerted the police and fire brigade.
Dubey and a police team inspected the spot and confirmed the victim’s identity. Her remains were recovered from the house after firefighters brought the blaze under control. The suspicion reportedly intensified after he caught her talking to the youth over the phone. Hearing the commotion and seeing flames engulfing the house, villagers rushed to the spot and alerted the police and fire brigade. Firefighters took around one-and-a-half hours to bring the blaze under control. On entering the house, they found Sonam’s skeletal remains.
Sonam, 30, burnt to death in the incident which occurred in Jagatpur village under the Chhibramau police station area. The couple had been married for around 11 years. Sukhbir worked in a private job in Haryana’s Hisar and had returned to the village around 15 days ago, according to villagers. Sukhbir allegedly tied Sonam to a chair on Thursday morning at around 7 am, poured petrol on her and set her on fire.
The accused, Sukhbir Singh alias Monu, fled the scene with the couple’s two children, a seven-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl, police said. Chhibramau Station House Officer Kapil Dubey said Sukhbir suspected his wife of having an affair with a local youth and had started keeping a watch on her. The couple had been engaged in arguments for the past two days, police said. The accused is absconding and efforts are underway to trace him, police said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
