The accused got married to the victim just a year ago. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights Accused says he was angry after his wife refused sex Man admitted to Gorakhpur hospital after he cuts his genitals

Gorakhpur: In a shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh, a 24-year-old man killed his wife after she refused to have sex with him. The incident happened in Siddarthnagar district. After killing his wife, the accused also cut his own private parts. The accused is now recuperating at Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur.

Police have booked the accused Anwarul Hasan on the complaint of girl's father. The accused is a resident of Kakra under Pokhar village in Siddarthnagar district.

According to a report, the couple was alone at home when the accused Hasan strangled his wife after she rejected his request for sex. The accused, who works in Surat in Gujarat, got married to the 20-year-old victim a year ago and had returned home two days ago.

The neighbours informed the police after they noticed the victim lying on the ground and the accused Hasan drenched in blood on Saturday morning. Hasan was rushed to the district hospital from where he was referred to Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur.

Police have sent the body of the victim for post-mortem. The accused later told the news daily that he strangled his wife to death after she refused his request for sex and later cut his own genitals. According to police, the victim's father has alleged that his daughter was being harassed for a long time for dowry by the accused.

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In a similar case in March this year, a man murdered his wife by strangulating her to death only to walk up to the nearest police station and confess to the crime in Goa. The accused, Ashok Panchanam Kumar, who hails from Odisha, was married to 39-year-old Kerala native K Bindu for the past seven years. The couple has two children, a three-year-old boy, and a five-year-old girl.

In his confession statement to the police, Kumar claimed that he killed his wife of seven years in a fit of rage after her alleged offensive statements about his daughter. Establishing a timeline of events, Kumar said that the couple went to sleep around 9.30 pm along with their children. "I woke up at 10.30 pm and demanded sex from my wife," he added.

According to the statement by Kumar, his wife then refused to have sex with him and an argument ensued between them. Amidst the argument, Kumar's wife told him "to have sex with some other women or wait till their daughter grows up." He said his wife's statement enraged him to the extent that he strangulated her.