‘Stabbed 36 times with beer bottle’: 17-year-old kills husband, shows his body on video call to lover

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A 25-year-old man was allegedly killed with a broken beer bottle by his 17-year-old wife and her lover's friends in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur, police said on Thursday.

The victim, Golden Pandey, was stabbed 36 times near ITI College along the Indore-Ichapur Highway. All four accused, the teenage girl, her lover, Yuvraj Patil (23), and his two friends, Lalit Patil (22) and a minor boy have been apprehended and are currently under investigation.

Police tracked the accused using mobile location data and detained them from Sanwer in Indore. The accused confessed to their crime during questioning, police said.

Burhanpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Devendra Patidar said the incident occurred while the couple, married just four months ago, was riding home on a two-wheeler after shopping and dining at a restaurant.

"While returning, the girl pretended that she had dropped her slippers and asked her husband to stop the bike. As Rahul brought the two-wheeler to a halt, he was accosted by the two friends of her lover, Yuvraj. The three accused dragged him and stabbed him 36 times with a broken beer bottle. Rahul died on the spot," Patidar said.

"The teenage girl made a video call to Yuvraj to show him the body. The accused then threw the body in a nearby field and fled the spot," he added.

Police stated that the body was found on Sunday, April 13. Rahul’s family, who identified the body, told authorities that he was last seen with his wife when the couple had gone out together.

Meanwhile, the authorities are also looking into possibilities of registering a case of child marriage against the 17-year-old girl’s family members.