Pune: The Hadapsar police have arrested a 42-year-old woman for murder attempt after she poured hot water mixed with oil on her husband following a petty dispute at Ghule Vasthi in Manjari near Hadapsar around 6am on Wednesday.

The woman has been identified as Seema More. Her husband Suresh More (48), a bus driver, has sustained 22 to 25% burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Manjari.

Sub-inspector Dinesh Patil of the Hadapsar police station told TOI on phone that the incident took place after Suresh asked Seema, a diabetic patient, not to consume sweets on Tuesday night after he found her eating a laddu.

“Seema got into a quarrel with her husband after her son also asked her to follow the father’s advice,” he said.

“Next day, Seema woke up from sleep and decided to teach her husband a lesson. In a fit of anger, she heated water and oil in a vessel on a gas stove and poured it on her husband while he was fast asleep,” Patil said, adding that she also locked the door of the house from outside to prevent her husband from going out.

However, her son, who was sleeping in the adjacent room, raised an alarm after hearing his father’s cry for help, he said. “Finally, neighbours opened the door and rushed Suresh to a nearby private hospital. Suresh has received burn injuries on his head, neck, chest, shoulder and hands. He gave a statement in the presence of the doctor to the police accusing his wife of murder attempt,” he added.

Seema, who has been arrested on charges of murder attempt under section 307 of the IPC, will be presented before the Pune cantonment court on Friday afternoon for seeking police custody remand.

Seema More , a diabetic patient, was asked by her husband Suresh not to consume laddu. This irked her and she poured hot water mixed with oil on him the next day

