By Vandana Keelor, TNN | Dec 16, 2012, 04.50 AM IST
GREATER NOIDA: A professor in an engineering college in the Knowledge Park area allegedly tried to set his wife on fire on Saturday morning. The woman claimed the accused first thrashed her, then bound her and locked her up in the bathroom, before setting fire to the house. While the woman survived without any burns, the house was almost gutted, police said. The accused has been arrested and taken into police custody.
The Gautam Budh Nagar police said around 9am on Saturday the neighbours of the couple heard screams for help and saw smoking coming out of the Beta-II home here. "They rushed to the house and found Suman sitting in the bathroom with her hands and feet tied," said Alok Priyadarshi, circle officer, Greater Noida. "They managed to pull her out but the house had been damaged by that time," said Priyadarshi.
Police said though the couple got married two years ago, they stayed together only for 40 days as they seemed to be incompatible. The victim, Suman, is from Kanpur and had returned to live with her husband, Ashwini, 10 days back. She alleged that her husband often demanded a car as dowry and would fight with her and even beat her up. The neighbours confirmed that the couple constantly bickered during their short stay together.
Suman told the cops that Ashwini did not like her and wanted to get rid of her. "On Friday night too, he, along with his brother, beat me up," she said. The violence continued on Saturday morning. By that Suman fell unconscious, police said. She claimed that on gaining consciousness, she found herself lying in the bathroom with her hands and feet tied.
Though Suman did not sustain any burns, she is in trauma, police said. Ashwini, meanwhile, denied that he tried to set his wife on fire. He has claimed that he was in the college at 9.16am on Saturday, so he could not have started the fire. Police said they are verifying the woman's claim and examining the case in detail.
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The Gautam Budh Nagar police said around 9am on Saturday the neighbours of the couple heard screams for help and saw smoking coming out of the Beta-II home here. "They rushed to the house and found Suman sitting in the bathroom with her hands and feet tied," said Alok Priyadarshi, circle officer, Greater Noida. "They managed to pull her out but the house had been damaged by that time," said Priyadarshi.
Police said though the couple got married two years ago, they stayed together only for 40 days as they seemed to be incompatible. The victim, Suman, is from Kanpur and had returned to live with her husband, Ashwini, 10 days back. She alleged that her husband often demanded a car as dowry and would fight with her and even beat her up. The neighbours confirmed that the couple constantly bickered during their short stay together.
Suman told the cops that Ashwini did not like her and wanted to get rid of her. "On Friday night too, he, along with his brother, beat me up," she said. The violence continued on Saturday morning. By that Suman fell unconscious, police said. She claimed that on gaining consciousness, she found herself lying in the bathroom with her hands and feet tied.
Though Suman did not sustain any burns, she is in trauma, police said. Ashwini, meanwhile, denied that he tried to set his wife on fire. He has claimed that he was in the college at 9.16am on Saturday, so he could not have started the fire. Police said they are verifying the woman's claim and examining the case in detail.
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