UP: 24-year-old woman stabbed to death by husband

A 24-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband who later tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire in the district on Tuesday morning, police said.

The woman Sandhya Bharti was going somewhere on her cycle in Judanpur village when her husband Manish Kumar stopped her and stabbed her multiple times, Superintendent of Police Sriparna Ganguli said.

Later Kumar went to his in-laws' house and set himself on fire after sprinkling petrol, the SP said, adding his mother-in-law was also seriously injured while trying to save him.

Both have been admitted to the district hospital and the body has been sent for postmortem, the SP said.

Sandhya was living with her parents from the past one month after being allegedly harassed by her husband, police said.

(With inputs from agencies.)