A man murdered his 38-year-old wife over a petty dispute in Ambernath on March 19. The police said the accused is yet to be arrested.
He killed his wife by hitting her head with a stone and then threw her body in Waldhuni nullah. “On March 19, the couple had a fight. Manoj Yadav, 31, is from Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, who had come to meet his wife, Rekha, who lived at Phansipada in Ambernath,” said a police officer from Shivaji Nagar police station, Ambernath.
“The accused murdered his wife over a petty dispute. After hitting her head with a big stone, he burnt her body and threw in Waldhuni nullah in Ambernath,” said the police officer.
A case has been registered against the accused under sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.