Ludhiana, Nov. 2 -- The Dugri police have detained a 50-year-old pick-up van driver for stabbing his wife to death at their Vikas Nagar residence on Pakhowal Road on Saturday night. The accused, Ravinder Singh, attacked Kamaldeep Kaur, 49, repeatedly with a kitchen knife, inflicting multiple wounds to her stomach and neck. Their elder son found her lying in a pool of blood when he returned home after being sent to buy milk by his father.

According to the couple's son, Gagandeep Singh, the family was at home when Ravinder asked him to go to the market to buy milk. As Gagandeep returned, he saw his father rushing out of the house. When he asked him what had happened, Ravinder told him to go inside and check.

Gagandeep told police that he ...