Amethi, January 11: A labourer allegedly killed his 28-year-old wife over a dispute and then died by suicide after jumping before a train in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, police said on Monday.

Sangrampur Station House Officer (SHO) Prem Chand Singh said Mithilesh (32), a labourer working in a brick kiln here, had a dispute with his wife Lalita Devi on Sunday night, following which he killed her. He fled the spot after the incident, the SHO said. Mumbai Shocker: 51-Year-Old Man Kills Wife After She Allegedly Refuses to Handover Her Mobile Phone to Him.

On Monday, the body of Mithilesh, who originally hailed from Chhattisgarh, was recovered from a railway track in Khaupur village near Sahjipur. A train had run him over, the SHO said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, Singh said.

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