Noida man blinded by suspicion allegedly killed his wife to death with hammer at their upscale Sector 15 home on Friday afternoon after this he walked 2 kilometers to surrenders himself to the police.
According to police Noor-ul-Haider 55 a computer engineering graduate, he suspected his wife of having an extramarital affair. Accoridng to their family members they both had a night long argument, he locked their bedroom door and covered her face with pillow and struck her on the head with hammer till she died.
The victim Asma Khan 42 worked as a civil engineer at a private firm in Sector 62 Noida. She lived with her husband and two children’s Samad 19 and 12 year old Inaya
“On Friday around 1pm, my wife Farida (Asma’s sister) received a call from Samad, who informed her that his mother was dead. When Farida asked what had happened, Samad said his father killed her, and she was lying in a pool of blood on the bed,” said Nadeem, Farida’s husband and a resident of Jamia Nagar in Delhi
He said, “By the time we reached Noida, police had been informed. Around noon, when Asma and Haider were in their room, it is suspected that he covered her face with a pillow and repeatedly hit her on the head with a hammer.”
“On Friday morning, my wife and other relatives went to Asma’s house. Asma and Haider were counselled for over five hours by relatives, who left around 11am,” Nadeem said.
He said Asma’s mother, Husnara Begum, stayed back at the house in an attempt to pacify the tense household. “Once the others left, Asma and Haider retired to their room and the children to theirs. It was then that he locked the door from inside and killed her,” Ndaeem said.