Another Rope/Tree Combo

"Alipurduar - A 33-year-old man committed suicide after strangulating his wife to death ending a strained relationship last night. The couple have left behind a three-year-old daughter and a four-month-old son.

"Ramesh Roy of Chepani village in Samuktala had married Kanika (25) of Daldali in Khoardanga four years ago.

"Local people alleged that the seller of lottery tickets used to torture his wife and even did not allow her to talk to neighbours. Recently, Kanika had spent a month with her parents apparently because of the torture, but returned to Chepani two months ago...

"Basudeb Sarkar, the officer-in-charge of Samuktala police station, said Ramesh had strangulated his wife to death and then hanged himself from the tree. `We came to know that the youth used to torture his wife but nobody informed us about it, otherwise we could have advised and the incident could have been avoided.`"

From The Telegraph (India)...