Ayyub Mansuri

AHMEDABAD: A 46-year-old man who had last week cut his wife’s tongue with a knife has told the cops that he was forced to do so because his wife’s tongue had become stuck with his while they were kissing on October 9. The accused, Ayyub Mansuri, is a Juhapura resident.

An official of Vejalpur police said that Mansuri’s answers during questioning were dodgy. “Mansuri said when matters turned passionate he found his wife Tasleem’s tongue fused with his,” a cop said. “So, he tried to separate the two tongues, during which his wife’s tongue was severed.” Mansuri further told the cops that he panicked after realizing that his wife’s tongue was severed and that she was bleeding heavily. He told the cops he had run away after locking her inside the house. Tasleem is still not able to speak or eat properly. She was admitted to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel hospital near Ellis Bridge on the night of October 9.

Tasleem’s brother-in-law, Idrish Mansuri, said that doctors have put her on a liquid diet since the surgery. Tasleem is the third wife of Mansuri and he is her second husband. He reportedly thrashed her frequently after they got married in March 2018.

“Mansuri was charged with murder for allegedly burning his first wife, Parveen, to death,” the cop said. “While criminal proceedings were still pending, he married a woman from Mumbai and assaulted her. She left him. He then married Tasleem.” Mansuri has been lodged in Sabarmati jail in judicial custody.

