A man of 40-year-old has been arrested by Kolkata police for hiring a contract killer to assassinate his wife. He planned the murder because she bought a smartphone without his ‘permission’.
The accused allegedly injured her with sharp objects, so the woman had to get seven stitches in her throat.
The incident is said to be from Narendrapur, on Kolkata’s southern outskirts. The contract attacker has also been arrested. While Police is looking for another man who was recruited by the attacker.
A senior officer from Narendrapur police station told Hindustan Times, “According to the woman, she had asked her husband, a few months ago, to buy her a smartphone, which he refused. The woman who has been earning some money by giving tuition classes bought a smartphone on January 1. When the husband got to know about it he was furious and threatened to kill her.”
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While Police said that on ‘Thursday night, the man went to lock the main door of the house. However, he did not return to his room. Feeling something amiss, the woman went to look for him and was assaulted by two guys.’
While the bleeding woman managed run away from the house and raise an alarm. Then neighbours heard the woman’s screams and rushed to her rescue. The local caught one of the assailants and the husband. However, the other assailant was able to get away, Hindustan Times reported.
The husband was identified as Rajesh Jha and the hired assailant was identified as Surajit.
