Police booked a case against her husband on the charges of attempt to murder
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Kakinada: A man hit his wife with a hammer on her head cau-sing grievous injury following a tiff at their house at about 3 am at Iragavaram Colony of Tanuku in West Godavari on Tuesday.
According to Tanuku town SI G. Srinivas, one Gokavarapu Harinath and Satyavathi were having family disputes for some time. Earlier, she lodged a complaint against her husband and he was booked under Section 498 and served jail term. He came out six months ago and lived separately for about three months.
However, a compromise was worked out between them and they started living together for the last three months. In the wee hours on Tuesday, the co-uple entered into a heated argument on a family is-sue. In a fit of rage, Har-inath hit his wife with a hammer on her head causing a serious injury. She was immediately shifted to government hospital at Tanuku and later to government hospital at Kak-inada. Her condition was stated to be critical as she entered into comatose.
Police booked a case against her husband on the charges of attempt to murder under Section 307 of IPC. The police are on the lookout to nab the culprit.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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