Man Allegedly Slits Mother-in-Law's Throat Because His Wife Refused To Stop Visiting Her

In a horrifying incident, a man allegedly killed his mother-in-law by slitting her throat when his pregnant wife said she would not stop visiting her regularly, as per a TNN report. It happened in Taloja Sector 11 in Navi Mumbai. The accused is Praful Siyali who has been taken into custody, according to police.

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Her name is Rekha Sharma. Her younger daughter married Siyali, an electrical technician, two years ago. When they were informed of the murder, Taloja police did a preliminary investigation. They scanned CCTV footage and noticed someone wearing a raincoat coming to Sharma¡¯s house when her husband was at work. Police then checked with members of the family and took a look at the call details.

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They grew suspicious of Siyali¡¯s involvement in the crime. Investigations revealed that Siyali was the person who was wearing the raincoat. Subsequently, he was arrested. ¡°Along with technical analysis and CCTV footage, we zeroed down the accused and arrested him on Tuesday. We are investigating the case further to put together the sequence of events and to recover the murder weapon,¡± a report by Hindustan Times quoted senior inspector Kashinath Chavan as saying.

Inspector Raju Adagle said that the accused man was irked over his wife¡¯s regular visits to her mother¡¯s house. He asked her to stop visiting her but she refused to do so, following which he decided to eliminate Sharma.

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Police have registered an offence against the accused under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. Further investigation into the case is underway.

In another incident, a man allegedly hacked his wife and mother-in-law to death with a sickle over domestic discord. The incident happened at Haudapurwa village in Uttar Pradesh¡¯s Kannauj district. The man was having an argument with his wife on some domestic issue. He got enraged when his mother-law-interfered.