MUMBAI: A tattoo artist and his aides were arrested for thrashing his wife and her male friend at Kandivali East recently. The 22-year-old woman did not want to return home as she was drunk and so she went to a male friend's home for an overnight stay.

The accused is 28-years-old. On December 15, the woman left home and did not return. Apparently, she had gone for a party with office colleagues and got drunk. She did not return home as she was sure her husband would fight with her about getting drunk.

When she did not return home, her husband started quizzing all her friends. He finally forced one of her friends into parting with her location. She was in another wing of the same complex at Thakur village.

Her husband gathered some of his associates and went to the house. Her 32-year friend and his siblings were home. Both, the woman and her friend, were assaulted. Her friend suffered head injuries and was hospitalised.

Her husband and his aides were later arrested on assault charges. They were released on bail.

The woman told the police that she does not wish to live with her husband anymore but her husband is not giving her a divorce.