Indian man kills wife for refusing to cook omelette

Patna: In a shocking incident, a man has strangled his wife and hanged her body from a hook in the ceiling after she refused to make an omelette for him in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district.  

According to details, the accused—identified as Ajit Singh is the son of a retired sub-inspector.

The incident took place on Thursday late night in Belahi Jay Ram village. A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in Sitamarhi police. 

A case has been registered as per the statement of the accused’s father.   

As per FIR, the suspect is an alcoholic and came home drunk on Thursday evening. Ajit bought eggs from the market and asked his 30-year-old wife, to make an omelette.

The victim refused saying non-vegetarian food cannot be prepared in the kitchen on Thursday. Following which a verbal spat started between the couple.

The deceased, Neetu Singh was miffed with his habit of drinking regularly and objected to his drinking liquor in the past and did the same on Thursday as well. 

Being furious, Ajit first brutally assaulted his wife inside the bedroom, then strangled her and hanged her from the ceiling hook. 

“When Neetu stopped screaming, I thought they had calmed down inside the room. But after some time, Ajit came out of the room and fled from there,” said victim’s father-in-law. 

He further added, “When I reached the room, she was hanging from the ceiling hook”.

 However, the accused is currently absconding.