As Dinesh lay asleep in his Madangir house, his wife poured boiling oil and red chilli powder on him, sending him into screams that rent the dead calm of the night.

On October 3, a 28-year-old pharmaceutical firm worker was brought to Safdarjung Hospital with 20 per cent burns and was admitted to ICU in a critical condition.

According to an FIR lodged at the Ambedkar Nagar police station the same day, the man was Dinesh Kumar, whose wife, Sadhna, poured hot oil on his torso around 3 am while he was sleeping.

The couple’s eight-year-old daughter was also in the house at the time. Dinesh told police that on October 2, he returned home from work, ate dinner, and went to bed.

“My wife and daughter were sleeping nearby. Around 3.15 am, I suddenly felt a sharp, burning pai

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