18 March,2014 11:51 AM IST | | Agencies
A 62-year-old woman is clubbed to death by her alcoholic husband after she delays preparing lunch for him on the occasion of Holi
Thane: A 62-year-old woman was clubbed to death allegedly by her alcoholic husband here after she delayed preparing lunch for him on the occasion of Holi, police said today.
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The incident took place in Jawahar here yesterday when victim Gangubai was attacked and brutally killed by Balu Padu Kambdi (64) in the afternoon, they said.
Kambdi was under the influence of liquor and had bought mutton for lunch preparation, said PSI R R Patil of the Jawhar police station.
Heavily drunk, Balu kept badgering his wife to speed up the preparation, police said.
Around 1 PM in the afternoon, he attacked the woman with a sharp and heavy object following which she collapsed and died on the spot.
The Jawahar police charged the accused under section 302 of the IPC and arrested him later in the day.
