AGRA: Hours before his death, a 24-year-old

his wife of allegedly poisoning his food through a video recorded by his family members.

Identified as Awadesh, the victim hailed from

Agra

’s Nagla Sukhdev village. After autopsy, the victim was cremated on Saturday evening. In the two-minute-long video, Awadesh had said, “I was offered milk laced with

by my wife.” The clip was shot when he was on his way to a hospital in a private car.

Awadesh had tied knot with a 23-year-old woman, who hails from Nagla Devki village of Jalesar police jurisdiction of

. The couple was married for 14 months.

Chandrapal, the victim’s father, said, “At the time of marriage, my daughter-in-law was pregnant and her parents hid this fact from us. She gave birth to a boy six months after marriage. But, he could not survive. Since then there was confrontation between the two.”

“Four days ago, my son’s in-laws came to our house and engaged in a heated argument. Awadesh was out for work then,” he added. Awadesh was a daily wage labourer.

According to local sources, Awadesh’s wife is ‘mentally weak’, and it is unlikely that she would poison her husband. Someone else might be involved in Awadesh’s death, they added.

Speaking to TOI, acting-station house officer, (sub inspector) Sohan Lal said, “The autopsy report is yet to be received. The victim’s family has not given any written complaint in the matter. Action will be taken once everything is available to us.”