In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a Special Police Officer (SPO) of Indian police bludgeon his pregnant wife to death, today, in Kathua district of Jammu region.
Officials said that the incident happened at Dharalta village in the Billawar area when the SPO Mohan Lal brutally killed his wife Asha Devi (32), a mother of two daughters, following an argument over some family matter. They said that Lal, who is posted in district police lines Kathua, was on leave for the past three days.
The SPO fled the scene before the neighbours arrived, the officials said, adding that some agitated people torched his house before the situation was brought under control by police. The officials said the woman was eight months pregnant and her baby also died in her womb.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Ramesh Chander Kotwal said special teams have been formed to arrest Lal.—KMS
