Man kills wife after she calls him for dinner

NEW DELHI: A woman’s concern that her husband should not sleep on an empty stomach cost her life.

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The 50-year-old woman was pushed off a balcony by her husband in East Delhi’s Khichdipur on Sunday night.

The couple’s 11-year-old grandson saw the incident. The boy told police that at 9.45pm his grandfather Dilip Kumar, 55, returned home from an outstation trip after a week.

He reportedly dozed off in a room and his wife was preparing dinner in the kitchen. At around 10 pm, Lalita called him for dinner from the kitchen.

On getting no response, Lalita called his name aloud a few times. A few minutes later, Kumar allegedly came out of the room and caught her by the hair.

“Kumar thrashed his wife, took her to the balcony and pushed her from the second floor,” an officer said.