- The woman, named locally as Pinky, 23, was expecting twins.
- She and her husband, Sukhdev, got into a fight and he brutally attacked her.
- The alleged killer fled his home before being arrested and charged.
A woman six months pregnant with twins was allegedly tied to a bed and burned alive by her husband, in a murder case that has horrified India.
Police said the 23-year-old woman, named only as Pinky, was killed by her husband, Sukhdev, after they had an argument at their house in Buled Nangal village in Amritsar’s Rayya area , near the border with Pakistan. Friday.
Sukhdev allegedly assaulted her, tied her to a bed in the front garden of their house and set her on fire, police said.
Pinky tragically died at the scene, while the suspected killer fled before being tracked down, arrested and charged with her murder.
Police said the couple had a strained relationship and often argued over various issues.
Police said the 23-year-old woman, named only as Pinky (pictured), was killed by her husband, Sukhdev, after they had an argument at their home.
Pinky tragically died at the scene, while the suspected killer fled before police chased him down, arrested him and charged him with her murder.
India’s National Commission for Women said in a message to The brutality of this act is unimaginable.
“(NCW President) Rekha Sharma has written a letter to (Director General of Police,) Punjab to arrest the perpetrator and submit an action report in three days.”
The growing problem of violence against women and girls in India is well documented. The BMJ reported that one in three women in India are likely to have been subjected to violence by an “intimate partner”.
Research suggests that only one in ten women make a formal complaint to the police.
According to the survey data, physical violence was the most common form of abuse, with more than a quarter of women reporting cases. Sexual and emotional abuse affected 13% and 7% of women, respectively.
Earlier this month, three men were arrested in Jharkhand, eastern India, for the murder of a mother who accused two boys of gang-raping her deaf and mute teenage daughter.
The 50-year-old mother, whose identity has not been revealed, was working in a field when the fathers of the two 14-year-old boys allegedly stabbed her to death with the help of a relative.
Cops believe the killing was a brutal act of revenge after she spoke to police following the alleged rape of her 19-year-old daughter.
“The motive appears to be revenge for the police action launched against the sons and the land dispute with the victim,” local police reported, adding that they had recovered a weapon.
Two 14-year-old boys are suspected of breaking the lock of the woman’s home in the village of Gumla while she was sleeping one night last month, before distracting her to kidnap her deaf-mute daughter.
They then dragged her to a school building and raped her, according to the investigator.
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