Maharashtra woman, 27, kills husband, 54, with axe weeks after wedding
Anil lost his first wife to cancer. He is survived by two daughters, who are both married and settled outside. As he was lonely and suffering from ailments, his relative got him re-married to Radhika, who hailed from Wadi village in Satara district. The wedding took place on May 17.The woman has been taken into custody. The exact motive for the murder remains unknown at this point.In a similar incident, Sonam Raghuvanshi on Wednesday confessed to plotting the murder of her husband along with her reported lover Raj Kushwaha's help, exactly a month after their wedding on May 11.According to sources, she broke down in front of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) when she was presented with the evidence gathered against her.With inputs from Prabodhini Shivajirao ChikhalikarMust Watch
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