India: 30-year-old alcoholic smashes wife to death with gas tank

The police have arrested the husband after a few days of the incident.

30-year-old alcoholic smashes wife to death with gas tank in India
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A 30-year-old man was arrested by Tamil Nadu police in India, for reportedly killing his wife by smashing her head with a cooking gas cylinder, reported Malaysia Nanban. The 23-year-old victim was married to the labourer for around two years and they have a 10-month-old baby.

According to reports, the man had recently developed a drinking habit and the couple used to argue over this daily. On Sunday, the couple was said to have argued on the same topic and later they went to sleep separately.

The next day, the husband woke up early in the morning and grabbed the cooking gas cylinder from the kitchen and smashed his sleeping wife's head. Later, he was arrested by the police.

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