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JALANDHAR: A man was castrated by his wife who suspected that he had an extramarital affair with a college student. The man was asleep when his wife first hit him on head with an iron rod and then castrated him with a knife.

The man was hospitalised in a serious condition and the woman has been arrested. “Accused Sukhwinder Kaur (35) has claimed that her husband Azaad Singh (40) had an illicit relationship and she came to know about it. She was in a fit of rage when she assaulted him early on Tuesday morning when he was asleep,” ACP central Satinder Chadha said.

The woman was suspicious about her husband’s relationship with a 22-year-old college student, who was also related to the family. On seeing phone chats, she decided to teach him a lesson She stumbled upon his phone chats with the college student a few days ago. The woman had an altercation with her husband over his affair and wanted to teach him a lesson, the cops said.

The injured man was taken to a private hospital in Rama Mandi area where his condition is stated to be serious. Dr B S Johal, surgeon at the hospital, said it was a complete castration and due to head injury the patient had been put on ventilator. “His condition is very serious as of now,” he said.

