Wife, Son Arrested For Murdering Man Because He Was ‘Miser’

A middle aged man has been murdered by his wife and son in Rajasthan, as the family accused him of being a ‘miser’.

The police on Saturday arrested the woman and her son for murdering her husband four days ago in Jhalawar. Both were produced in the court on Sunday which sent them to police custody for a day, reported TOI.

Case:

The deceased has been identified as Rai Singh Gurjar (50). Bakani police station SHO Mohammed Ibrahim said, that the wife Sumitra (45) and son Mangilal (22) who were allegedly fed up with domestic violence and miser nature of Rai, strangulated him in sleep.

The accused son then also lodged a murder case against unidentified accused, he said. Ibrahim said, during probe, both narrated different stories which raised suspicion. However, both later admitted to have committed the crime.

The accused complained that the deceased, despite having good source of income from agriculture land and huge stock of cattle, was so miser that he did not even send any of his four children, two daughters and two brothers to school nor ever initiated efforts for their marriage while each of the children were adults and eligible to marry.