KOTTAYAM: A man chopped off his wife’s hand. Pradeep of Kanakkari in Kottayam chopped off his 45-year-old wife Manju’s hand. One of her hands has been severed and the fingers of the other hand were found broken. The incident happened Friday morning. Police said a family dispute is behind it.

Pradeep, a drunkard gets into a fight with his wife regularly. As usual, the two got into a fight this morning. He attacked Manju with a machete. He also attacked his daughter when she tried to intervene. When the locals came hearing their cries, he fled from the place. The couple’s neighbours rushed her to the medical college hospital. It is not clear whether her severed arm can be attached. Police have started a search for Pradeep.

Recently, a woman's hand was chopped off by her husband during a divorce case at Kalanjoor in Pathanamthitta. Vidya's hand was chopped off by her husband Santhosh, a native of Ezhamkulam. He attacked her after barging into her house in Kalanjoor.