Kolkata, Oct 11, 2025

An elderly man brutally hacked his wife to death with a sharp weapon and surrendered before the police in West Burdwan district’s Durgapur, the police said on Saturday.

The incident took place last night in the Dhobighat area of the Durgapur police station. The police have arrested the accused, who has been identified as Durgadas Kar (75). He is a tutor by profession. The name of the deceased woman is Mukul Kar (65). The couple’s only child is Shantanu Kar.

The police recovered the body and sent it to the Durgapur Sub-divisional Hospital for an autopsy. The Durgapur police station has started an investigation to find out the reason for this brutal murder.

Asansol-Durgapur ACP (Durgapur) Subir Roy said that the accused himself said that his wife used to neglect him

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