Mumbai:
The Dahisar police are on the lookout for a 37-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife over a domestic dispute yesterday night. According to the police, Ausuli Edward Rodriques, a daily wage labourer, allegedly smothered his wife Dipti (22) with a pillow for attending her sister's wedding and not obeying his diktat to cut all ties with her family. The "disobedience" did not go down well with the ill-tempered husband and he decided to teach Dipti a lesson and eventually ended up killing her.
The couple secretly married two years ago. When Dipti's parents came to know about her wedding eight months ago, they disowned her, banishing the couple from all family affairs. Despite the diktat, Dipti went to Gujarat with her parents to attend her elder sister's wedding. "Once she returned from the wedding, Ausuli, who did not like Dipti maintaining relations with her family, confronted her on the issue," said Inspector Anil Pawar of the Dahisar police station.
The incident took place on Wednesday morning after the couple started fighting over the issue. Soon the argument blew out of proportion, and Ausuli in a fit of rage smothered Dipti with a pillow, Pawar added.
After her death, the accused tied one end of a rope to the ceiling fan and made a noose at the other end, apparently trying to pass off the murder as a suicide. However, he could not succeed in his plan as Dipti's body had become so heavy that he could not even lift it. He left the body on the floor and fled the scene. The residents of Santosh Nagar, where the couple lived, spotted Dipti's body and informed the police. The investigating officer in the case said that the police had registered a case of murder and launched a manhunt for Ausuli based on the statements recorded by Dipti's father, Bharat Shah and elder sister Priti Purohit.
Shah, a priest at the temple in Dahisar (East), said that Dipti had married Ausuli two years ago, but was living with them until eight months ago. "We learnt about the wedding only eight months ago and had not approved of the relationship as Ausuli did not have a stable job. Since then Dipti had been staying with her husband in a rented house. However, she had accompanied us to Una village in Gujarat but she had told us that she had informed Ausuli about her trip," Shah added.
When contacted, Edward, Ausuli's father said that he had last met Ausuli at a church on Sunday. "Ausuli had said that he wanted to rush home to meet Dipti as she had returned from Gujarat that very day. The girl was sweet and we approved of her. The couple had never fought and I am in shock after hearing this," said Edward.
The couple secretly married two years ago. When Dipti's parents came to know about her wedding eight months ago, they disowned her, banishing the couple from all family affairs. Despite the diktat, Dipti went to Gujarat with her parents to attend her elder sister's wedding. "Once she returned from the wedding, Ausuli, who did not like Dipti maintaining relations with her family, confronted her on the issue," said Inspector Anil Pawar of the Dahisar police station.
The incident took place on Wednesday morning after the couple started fighting over the issue. Soon the argument blew out of proportion, and Ausuli in a fit of rage smothered Dipti with a pillow, Pawar added.
After her death, the accused tied one end of a rope to the ceiling fan and made a noose at the other end, apparently trying to pass off the murder as a suicide. However, he could not succeed in his plan as Dipti's body had become so heavy that he could not even lift it. He left the body on the floor and fled the scene. The residents of Santosh Nagar, where the couple lived, spotted Dipti's body and informed the police. The investigating officer in the case said that the police had registered a case of murder and launched a manhunt for Ausuli based on the statements recorded by Dipti's father, Bharat Shah and elder sister Priti Purohit.
Shah, a priest at the temple in Dahisar (East), said that Dipti had married Ausuli two years ago, but was living with them until eight months ago. "We learnt about the wedding only eight months ago and had not approved of the relationship as Ausuli did not have a stable job. Since then Dipti had been staying with her husband in a rented house. However, she had accompanied us to Una village in Gujarat but she had told us that she had informed Ausuli about her trip," Shah added.
When contacted, Edward, Ausuli's father said that he had last met Ausuli at a church on Sunday. "Ausuli had said that he wanted to rush home to meet Dipti as she had returned from Gujarat that very day. The girl was sweet and we approved of her. The couple had never fought and I am in shock after hearing this," said Edward.
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