Chhattisgarh: Man kills wife, hangs self in Korba

A 52-year-old man allegedly killed his wife before hanging himself in Korba city in Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. In a separate incident, a 25-year-old man beat his 40-year-old aunt to death with a stick in Nakiya village in Korba district under the Lemru police station limits on Tuesday, another police official said.

A 52-year-old man allegedly killed his wife before hanging himself in Korba city in Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. The man stabbed his 40-year-old wife with a sharp weapon on Tuesday night. He then hanged himself using rope in the yard of his house, a CSEB police station official said. The trigger for murder and suicide is under investigation, he said. In a separate incident, a 25-year-old man beat his 40-year-old aunt to death with a stick in Nakiya village in Korba district under the Lemru police station limits on Tuesday, another police official said. Prima facie, a family dispute led to the incident, he added. The accused man was arrested under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder, the official said.

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