The wife had gone to her maternal home, and died under suspicious circumstances after returning from her in-laws’ home.

Husband arrested for murder

Hooghly Correspondent

There is a sensation in the area over the death of a housewife under suspicious circumstances in Gajghanta Malikpada of Magra district. In this incident, the family of the deceased accused the husband of murder. The police have arrested him. According to information, in 2010, Shilpa Rai, a resident of Tarakeshwar ward number eight, and Gautam Malik, a resident of Gajghanta Malikpada of Magra, had a love marriage. He also has two children.

Gautam is a van driver by profession. It is alleged that Gautam used to beat his wife often under the influence of alcohol. There were often disputes between the two over this. A week ago, fed up with Gautam’s beatings, Shilpa had gone to her maternal home. On Tuesday, Gautam tried to somehow convince her to bring her back home. She returned to her in-laws’ home in Magra early on Wednesday. It came to light after seven in the morning that Shilpa had died.

Dipankar Rai, brother of the deceased, said, “My sister was being tortured since her marriage. She had been beaten up earlier too, after which she came to our house. On Wednesday morning, someone called from a nearby house and informed me that my sister had been strangled. The police sent the body to Chunchuda Imambara Hospital for post-mortem and arrested the accused husband. His interrogation is continuing.

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