Dhar man held within six hours of wife's murder with farming blade in Dahi

A woman was allegedly murdered by her husband with a sharp falia, a bladed farm implement, in the Dahi police station area of Dhar district. The incident took place at Bhainsmanga Falia in village Narjhali. Police said the absconding husband was arrested by Dahi police within just six hours of the crime.

According to police, at around 8 pm on November 7, Chheetabai, a resident of Bhainsmanga Falia, was cooking on a hearth at home. Her husband, Chhagan Alawa, started a quarrel over suspicion about her character.

The quarrel escalated and Chhagan allegedly struck his wife on the back with the sharp falia, inflicting fatal blows. Chheetabai died on the spot from the deep wound and heavy bleeding. The accused then fled the scene.

Dahi police reached the spot on receiving information. On a complaint by Sakharam Alawa, police registered a case against the accused under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in crime number 137/2026 and began an investigation.

Treating the case as serious, a police team was formed under the direction of Dhar Superintendent of Police Sachin Sharma. Additional Superintendent of Police Vijay Dawar and Kukshi SDOP Omprakash Ahir guided the team. The team began searching for the accused and, within six hours of the incident, arrested Chhagan Alawa, son of Somriya Alawa, from his field.

Police said that during questioning the accused confessed that he had quarrelled with his wife over suspicion about her character. When she did not listen to him, he attacked her with the falia and killed her. At the accused's instance, police have also seized the sharp falia used in the murder.

Steps are being taken to produce the accused before a court in Kukshi and send him to judicial custody.

Station in-charge Sub-Inspector Sharad Barde, Assistant Sub-Inspector Thansingh Jamra, head constables Bharatsingh Kanesh, Chandarsingh and Basant, constables Sumit, Saurabh and Bhupendra, and woman constable Fina Rawat played an important role in the operation.