Infidelity, betrayal and mariticide - a case report

Abstract

Infidelity is a violation of a couple’s assumed or stated contract regarding emotional and/or sexual exclusivity. Contrary to what most people assume, it is neither rare nor exclusively male behavior. It is one of the most challenging and damaging emotional events in life. It can be debilitating and feel like emotional murder. We present a case of mariticide in which wife betrayed her husband and murdered him with the help of his friends due to her extramarital affairs with husband’s friends. The Police recovered a human skeleton from the bushes of hill. The bones were spread at different places along with the clothes. The skeleton was identified with the help of clothes by the father of deceased. After thorough investigation and autopsy, it was clear that his wife had extra marital affairs and she murdered him with the help of her friends. A recent trend in rural India regarding marriage and infidelity will also be discussed in this paper.