Man attacks wife with axe during domestic dispute

Surat: A domestic dispute turned bloody after the enraged husband attacked his wife with an axe and injured her grievously. Based on a complaint filed by the victim’s brother, Sachin GIDC police registered an offence of attempt to murder (307) and for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons (326) and started investigation.
According to the police complaint, Amisha Patel (32) lives at Gabheni village in Sachin GIDC area along with her husband Jitendra, and two children comprising 10-year-old daughter and an eight-year-old son. Jitendra is a daily wager and works in a local factory. He had allegedly been harassing his wife mentally and physically for the past few years without any valid reason and when the victim protested the torture, he would pick up a fight.
On Saturday night, victim’s brother Krunal received a call from his 10-year-old niece informing him that her father hit her mom during a fight and that she was seriously injured and was taken to a hospital. Krunal rushed to the hospital and found his sister in the ICU with her face wrapped in bandage. Upon inquiring, Krunal was told that during another squabble, Jitendra picked up an axe and hit Amisha three-four times on her face and other parts of the body. Krunal then informed his relatives about the incident and also approached the police with a complaint.