PATNA: A woman (25) was arrested and sent to jail on Saturday evening for allegedly thrashing her

husband to death at Painapur Langa under the Sadar police station area of

town in

district on Friday night.

Sadar SHO Abhay Kumar said the accused was identified as Shaimul Khatoon while the deceased was Shakeel Ahmed (32). Both worked as daily wage workers in the village.

“They got married almost seven years ago and had two sons aged four and two years old,” he said.

Kumar said the husband sometimes used to thrash the woman. He said the villagers told the police that while the woman used to quarrel with her husband for returning home after consuming either toddy or smuggled country liquor and thrash him.

“On Friday night, too, he returned home after consuming liquor following which the wife tied his limbs and thrashed. Later, she was busy with cooking and other household chores. But the man in the meanwhile died till the time wife returned to free him after almost an hour,” he said.

The SHO said Shakeel’s father Noor Mohammad submitted a complaint with Sadar police station and an FIR was lodged against her for allegedly killing his son.

“Noor had alleged that not only the woman used to thrash her husband regularly, she also hit hard on his private parts. Even on Friday, she had hit her husband on his private parts,” Kumar said, quoting the FIR.

The SHO said the villagers told the police that senior people of the area had mediated between the couple on several occasions, but in vain. He said the woman was arrested from her residence without any resistance and she even admitted to have committed the crime.