Overview
- Police say a late-night dispute at the couple’s Modinagar home ended with the wife biting off part of her husband’s tongue, and he is being treated in a Meerut hospital and cannot speak.
- An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the accused, Isha, was arrested and sent to judicial custody.
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Amit Saxena publicly refuted social media posts alleging a knife attack, stating inquiries support that the tongue portion was severed by teeth.
- Family members have alleged a knife was used and accounts describe a domestic quarrel preceding the injury, while officials say a bedroom altercation escalated before the bite.
- Doctors informed the family that about 2.5 cm of the tongue was severed and cannot be reattached, and investigators are collecting medical reports and statements.