Man in Punjab strangles wife for not bearing a son


Compiled by YIMIE YONG, ALLISON LAI and R. ARAVINTHAN 

A MAN in Punjab strangled his wife to death apparently over his frustration that their fifth child turned out to be a girl as well, reported Makkal Osai.

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