A woman was found dead with stab wounds and her husband was found hanged in Dhanusha, Madhesh Province, police said. Their four-year-old son was also injured in the incident, which police are investigating as suspicious.
Rinadevi Yadav, 30, was discovered dead with a sharp weapon wound to her throat at her maternal home in Mathileshwar, Mithila Bihari Municipality-3, Dhanusha. Her husband, Umesh Yadav, 35, was found hanging from a tree approximately one kilometre from the house.
The couple’s four-year-old son, Samrat Yadav, sustained a sharp weapon wound to his right thigh and has been admitted to the Provincial Hospital in Janakpur for treatment. Police confirmed that the boy’s condition is stable.
Investigation underway
Om Prakash Khanal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and spokesperson for Dhanusha Police, described the nature of the incident as suspicious. A police team, led by Inspector Rajesh Kumar Sharma of the Area Police Office, Dhanushadham, is at the scene conducting an investigation.
Police received information about the incident around 1:50 AM on Kartik 8 (BS). A blood-stained knife was recovered from the scene. Rinadevi Yadav’s body has been sent to the Provincial Hospital in Janakpur for post-mortem examination, while an inventory of the scene where Umesh Yadav was found hanging is being prepared.
Background and timeline
Umesh Yadav had recently returned home from working abroad and had arrived at his in-laws’ house the day before the incident. Police reported that Umesh reached his in-laws’ residence around 9 PM on the day before the incident.
The police team arrived at the scene after receiving reports of the wife and son being attacked with a sharp weapon around 1:50 AM on Kartik 8 (BS).
What happens next
Police stated that further details regarding the actual cause of death and the circumstances surrounding the incident will be revealed after the investigation is complete. The post-mortem examination of Rinadevi Yadav’s body is underway, and the inventory of the scene where Umesh Yadav was found is being finalised as part of the ongoing investigation by Dhanusha Police.
Unanswered questions
The exact cause of the couple’s death remains unknown. It is still unclear whether Umesh Yadav murdered his wife and then committed suicide, or if other individuals were involved in the incident. The identity of the assailant who attacked Samrat Yadav with a sharp weapon and the motive behind it are also yet to be determined.
