A man has been arrested on the charge of killing his wife after the second post-mortem report denied his claim that she died in a bear attack in which he was also wounded, the police reported on Saturday.
On Friday, Harka Singh (24) had told police that his wife was injured to death by a bear and he was injured by the animal in Rampur area of Shimla district when they were returning home after collecting wood from a forest.
The second post-mortem report described that the claim of bear attack was not reliable and was ill-framed as 32 stab injuries, inflicted by a sharp single-edged tapered weapon, were spotted on the body.
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Following the post-mortem report, the man has been booked under Section 302 (murder) of IPC, the police said.
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