A 40-year-old police head constable was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing his wife by repeatedly hitting her on the head with an iron rod at their rented accommodation in Mahanagar’s Paper Mill area, police said.
“The accused has been taken into custody and is being questioned. A police team reached the house and found Rashmi lying in a pool of blood near the kitchen. “It is not clear why he attacked his wife. He recalled meeting Rashmi on Raksha Bandhan and described her death as unexpected and shocking. Investigators are probing the circumstances leading to the killing and whether a domestic dispute preceded the attack.
The victim, Rashmi Srivastava, 38, died on the spot from severe head injuries. Her husband, Himanshu Srivastava, a 2011-batch head constable posted in the office of the Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), worked in the Right to Information Cell, police statement added. The incident came to light around 2:30 pm after the landlord alerted the police control room.
DCP (Central) Vikrant Vir said an FIR was registered on a complaint by Rashmi’s brother Saurabh Srivastava. Further legal action is underway,” he said. Mahanagar SHO Akhilesh Mishra said preliminary investigation suggested Himanshu had allegedly attacked his wife multiple times with an iron rod. The investigation is underway,” he said. Saurabh said relations between the couple had appeared to improve recently, but alleged that the latest attack was planned. Police said Himanshu is from Ayodhya, while Rashmi hailed from Ambedkar Nagar.
