The accused allegedly attacked his 40-year-old wife with a rolling board (used for making chapatis) after she didn't prepare tea for him, Jharda police station in-charge Virendra Singh said
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A 41-year-old man allegedly killed his wife for not preparing a cup of tea for him in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district, police said on Monday.
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The incident occurred in Ghatiya village under Jharda police station limits on Saturday, an official said.
The accused allegedly attacked his 40-year-old wife with a rolling board (used for making chapatis) after she didn't prepare tea for him, Jharda police station in-charge Virendra Singh said.
The accused then took his wife to a hospital, where he claimed that she had suffered an electric shock, he said.
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However, there were no marks of electrocution on the victim's body and she later died. The accused continued to mislead the police, but the post-mortem report suggested otherwise, the official said.
The accused fled during the investigation and was later apprehended, he said, adding that the man confessed to the crime during interrogation.
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