Jharkhand: Teenage Wife Allegedly Kills Husband After He Asked Her Not To Wear Jeans
An 18-year-old girl loved to wear jeans, but her husband did not like that.
On Monday, an inspector in Jharkhand's Jamtara district claimed a teenage girl was arrested after her in-laws complained that she had murdered her 18-year-old husband during an altercation over her wearing jeans.
Anand Jyoti Minz, a Jamtara Sub-Divisional Police Officer, reported that her husband died on July 16, four days after he was injured when he tripped over a stack of bamboo during the dispute.
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The 18-year-old girl loved to wear jeans, but her husband did not like that. The tribal couple has frequently quarreled over the issue since their marriage around four months ago.
After receiving the complaint, a police team reached Gopalpur village and detained Pushpa Hembram, 17.
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An initial investigation reveals that Hembram's wearing of jeans when she returned from a fair on July 12 caused her husband, Andolan Tudu, to react by telling her that 'married women shouldn't dress that way.'
The couple left the house during the heated argument, and Tudu, who was drunk, hurt himself by falling on bushes and a stack of bamboo. But eventually, according to Minz, they went back to their room.
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His health deteriorated the following day, and Tudu¡¯s family members took him to a hospital in Jamtara town, where doctors referred him to Patliputra Medical College and Hospital in Dhanbad. He succumbed there on July 16.
"The family members reported the matter to Jamtara police today and accused Hembram of killing her husband. We went to the village to investigate the case. We interrogated local people about the incident," the SDPO said.
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Asked about reports in local media that Tudu was stabbed by his wife, Minz said nobody had seen that.
"The police team even searched for the knife allegedly used in the incident but did not find it so far. We are waiting for the post-mortem examination report," the officer said.
The police are investigating the case from all angles, he said.
(With Inputs from PTI)
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