Man stabs wife to death after tiff in Palghar

A35-year-old man allegedly stabbed his wife to death after a petty quarrel in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday in Virar area, they said. The couple used to have frequent fights over domestic issues. On Sunday, they again had a tiff following which the man, identified as Jagdeesh Gurav, allegedly stabbed his 28-year-old wife with a knife in their house and then fled, a police official said. The woman died on the spot, he said. After being alerted, police rushed to the spot and sent the body for postmortem, he said. Based on a complaint filed by a relative of the victim, the Virar police registered a case against the accused, the official said. —