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India: A man murdered his wife using a cobra snake
A man from the state of Carla in southwestern India has been arrested after his wife died from a snake bite in her bed.
Her family claimed he had harassed her for the dowry, and her suspicion arose after she had been bitten by a viper snake a few weeks earlier.
The prosecution demanded that he be sentenced to death, but a court sent him to double life imprisonment
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 14:32
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He bit the woman in her sleep.
Cobra Snake (Photo: Reuters)
An Indian man was convicted this week of murdering his wife by biting a cobra snake and sent to double life imprisonment. Suraj Kumar was arrested last year in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala after his wife, Uthra, died of a snake bite. Police began an investigation after her family claimed she was murdered and said Suraj harassed them for dowry.
On Monday, a court ruled that he released the snake in bed last May while his 25-year-old wife slept in it. Her family suspected it was a deliberate act because only a few weeks earlier she had been bitten by a viper. Police said the investigation revealed that Surage was behind the two attempts. She also arrested a man who helped him purchase the snakes, who later cooperated with her and helped her decipher the case.
According to a local website, the police indictment was detailed over a thousand pages and the prosecution demanded the death penalty because it is a "very rare case".
The judge agreed that this was an exceptional case and sentenced Double Surah to life imprisonment.
In addition, he was fined half a million rupees ($ 6,635).
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