BHOPAL: A man allegedly slit his 26-year-old wife's throat with a knife and disposed her body at Hathaikheda Dam in Piplani locality on Friday night. Around an hour later he rushed to his home in Ashoka Garden where he locked himself in a room and hanged himself. His family members rushed him to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The woman's parents and family members were searching for her as she was staying with them for the past 20 days. She had told them around 7.30pm, that she would refuel her scooter and return home. When she did not return till late night, the family members approached Ashoka Garden police and filed a missing person's complaint. Around 2am on Saturday, police found her scooter having blood stains parked in Indrapuri area while her body was found lying at Hathaikheda Dam around 7.30am.