A 52-year-old woman in Bengaluru allegedly stabbed her husband, 56, with a knife after he refused to take her with him to Singapore – because she did not keep their home tidy enough.
The Times of India reported that the incident took place on Jan 6.
The man, a Singapore citizen, made a police report, following which the woman was arrested, and later released on bail.
According to the police, she was upset because the man was taking only their 20-year-old son with him. He had plans for the son to pursue higher education in Singapore.
The man, who is from Tamil Nadu and has been working in Singapore for 25 years, married the woman, a resident of Bengaluru, in 2002.
His wife and son live in Bengaluru, making occasional visits to Singapore and staying for a few weeks each time.
The man would also go to Bengaluru twice a year to spend time with the family.
The three spent the Christmas and New Year holidays in Singapore and returned to Bengaluru on Jan 5.
When the man told his wife that he would return to Singapore on Jan 19, but only with their son, an argument ensued. He allegedly told his wife that she wasn’t doing household chores properly. She then stabbed him, according to the police.
“She attacked me on my head and hand with a knife. When I tried to resist, she stabbed me in the back,” he told The Times of India.
“Later, she brought water laced with chilli powder and threw it on my face.”
It took both father and son to get her out of the bedroom. They then called the police, who arrived at the scene and arrested her.
The man received 14 stitches in hospital, with a senior police officer saying that they suspected him of excluding his wife from his plans due to her “lacking his modern outlook”.
Indo-Asian News Service
