GHAZIABAD: A 38-year-old property dealer allegedly stabbed his banker wife multiple times and then slit her throat with a kitchen knife before attempting to end his life by jumping off the terrace of their house in Vasundhara’s Sector 15 on Friday afternoon. The accused, however, survived with injuries to both his legs as he fell onto the boundary wall grill of their house, and has been admitted to hospital, police said.
The deceased, Kamya Meena, is a manager with a Bank of Baroda branch in Ghaziabad. Primary investigation, police said, has indicated a slump in the business of Vikas, the accused, post-Covid, and Kamya was meeting the family expenses. The couple had a heated argument over the issue on Friday, following which Vikas stabbed his wife at least 20 times, according to cops.
