PERINTHALMANNA: The police arrested a 35-year-old youth for suffocating his wife to death. He has been identified as Muhammed Rafeeq of Mannarkkad. He killed his wife Fathima Fahana (30), only daughter of Kunjalavi of Elamkulam and Nafeesa.

Fahna was sleeping with her husband and four-year-old daughter at her own house in Elamkulam on Saturday night. After she refused sex, Rafeeq in a fit of rage accused her of incest and assaulted her.

Hearing a noise from Fathima’s bedroom, her mother, who was sleeping in the adjacent room, woke up and saw Rafeeq running from the house. When she went to her room, saw Fahna with her legs tied to the window and bed and a cloth stuffed in her mouth. Although she was immediately taken to Perinthalmanna District Hospital, her life could not be saved. The post-mortem report revealed that she was suffocated to death.

Rafeeq was taken into custody from his house in Avanakunnu, Mannarkkad. Fahna’s gold ornaments were recovered from the house during evidence collection. The accused produced in Tirur Judicial First Class Court has been remanded for 14 days. There are cases against the accused in Kozhikode for theft and for trying to set ablaze an ATM in Kalladikkode Station.