Sultanpur (UP), March 24 A 45-year-old man was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly beating his wife to death with a stick, after she did not answer his phone call, police said.
The incident occurred in Sewra Charthai village under the Dhanpatganj police station limits on Tuesday morning.
According to police, the accused, identified as Nakched (45), was working on a construction project on Monday when he called his wife, Kusum (42), who did not answer because she was busy.
Enraged, Nakched returned home around midnight and allegedly assaulted Kusum in front of their two children, Udaybhan (9) and Diksha (8). When the children tried to intervene, he pushed them aside, police said.
According to Diksha, her father continued to assault her mother throughout the night, prompting her to take Kusum to a relative's house. However, when they returned home in the morning, the accused again attacked Kusum with a stick, causing her to collapse.
She was rushed to a hospital where doctors pronounced her dead.
Circle Officer Baldirai Ashutosh Kumar said he, along with Station House Officer Anju Mishra and a police team, reached the scene and inspected the area. The body was sent for post-mortem.
The accused was arrested, and during questioning, he admitted to assaulting his wife, but claimed he was unaware that it would lead to her death, police said.
The couple has two young children, and an older son, Tilak Raj (22), who works in Punjab. Police said further investigation is underway.
