Shocking: Nurse gets job in Govt hospital, jobless husband in fit of rage chops off her palm

Kolkata: In a shocking case of jealousy or sheer inferiority complex, a man in West Bengal has chopped off his wife's hand from the wrist to prevent her from joining a state government nursing job. 

The husband in question is Sher Mohammod, a resident of Ketugram in East Burdwan district and the victim is his wife, Renuka Khatun. What was the worst is that he went to admit his wife at a local hospital on Monday morning after his brutal attack but concealed the severed body part at his residence to make sure that the doctors are unable to reattach it.

After admitting his wife, Sher Mohammad went absconding and soon after that, his family members too went into hiding.

Local residents told the police that Renuka Khatun was undergoing nursing training and was working as a nursing assistant in a private hospital in the nearby industrial township of Durgapur.

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Recently, she got a state government appointment too, which made her husband irate.

Sheikh, and two of his accomplices, attacked Khatun when she was sleeping in their house around 1am on Sunday, the official said. "The accused first put a pillow on her face to muffle her screams and then chopped off her right hand," the official said citing the complaint filed by Khatun's father. The police are yet to recover the weapon used in the attack, reports HT.

The two accomplices are yet to be identified, the official cited in the first instance said.

Locals said that since Sher Mohammad was himself unemployed, he feared that his wife would abandon him after getting the government job. There were frequent quarrels between the couple on this count, as Sher Mohammad was insisting that she not accept the job. However, Renuka Khatun did not agree.

Finally, on Monday, Sher Mohammad took drastic action.

Ripon Sekh, her elder brother, told media persons, that since the time her sister got the state government appointment letter, Sher Mohammad had been insisting that she reject that offer.

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"However, my sister always dreamt of pursuing a nursing career and she refused. We never knew that Sher Mohammad's feeling of insecurity will take such a tragic turn," he said.

Katwa sub-divisional police officer Koushik Basak told TOI, "We have started a case under multiple IPC sections for an attempt to murder, causing grievous injury with dangerous weapons, criminal intimidation, criminal breach of trust and cruelty inflicted by husband and in-laws. The accused persons are absconding."

Her other brother Chand Mohammad said "My sister is a fighter. She still wants to serve patients with one arm if the government allows her."