Kerala: Police arrests man, accomplice for getting wife killed by snake

 Kerala police in Anchal have arrested a man, along with his accomplice on Sunday for allegedly getting his wife killed by a snake. According to reports, while  crime branch was investigating death of a 25-year-old woman, accused duo broke down during interrogation and confessed that is was a pre-planned murder. As per police, victim's husband Sooraj h purchased snake to allegedly kill his wife from his friend Suresh-- who is a snake catcher. 

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According to police, incident took place on night of May 6 when victim's husband brought a snake with him with a pre-planned motive. He hid snake inside his bag and threw it on his wife while she was sleeping. Narrating incident, Kollam Rural SP Harisankar said, "He waited and watched snake bite his wife twice. After this, he tried to put snake in a container but failed. snake escaped and went under cupboard. He stayed awake all night. next day, he left early and parents of woman found her de. Later, snake was also found from room." 

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victim's parents filed a police complaint after growing suspicious as this was second time that a snake h bit her. During interrogation, it was revealed that on March 2, her husband Sooraj procured a viper from Suresh and attempted to kill her. However, she h escaped snakebite first time. police furr ded, "He gained confidence from first act. He used to watch YouTube videos to handle snakes and also learned it from his friend -- a snake catcher." accused took 98 sovereigns of gold and cash as dowry and h reportedly alrey sold off most of gold. He wanted to get rid of his wife in anticipation of marrying ar woman, police stated. 

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In ar incident on Sunday, a 33-year-old Army jawan allegedly tried to kill his wife with a kitchen knife following a quarrel and later attempted suicide in Vishrantwi area of Pune. According to police, woman is hospitalized and out of danger, while man has been discharged and will be arrested soon. "After an altercation over shifting a cooler in house, jawan took a kitchen knife and injured her on face, stomach, and hands. He n tried to slit his veins," police said. 

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(With ncy Inputs)