In what can be termed as a repeat of the harrowing Guwahati murder case, a man allegedly killed his pregnant wife in Assam’s Boko, reports emerged on Friday.

As per initial reports, the accused allegedly murdered his wife after he fell in love with another woman. The murder incident has been reported from Boko in Assam’s South Kamrup.

According to information received, the pair had tied the knot just six months ago, albeit under questionable circumstances. The murder accused identified as Akhtar Hussain, the son of Shan Mian and a resident of Natun Deuchar village had eloped with the victim, a 17-year-old minor girl, daughter of Asim Uddin and a resident of Kolohikash village of Boko.

However, after marrying her, the accused Akhtar Hussain soon left her for another woman. To this, the victim wife had objected, which is now suspected to be the reason behind her murder.

According to the family members of the deceased, the victim was two months pregnant at the time of her murder. Soon after she objected to her husband’s illicit relationship outside of their marriage, Akhtar Hussain had started to plan her murder, alleged the family of the victim.

The victim’s family alleged that Akhtar committed the murder on Wednesday (March 1) and fled from there with his family.

Meanwhile, after registering a complaint in the murder case with the Boko police, the victim’s family retrieved the body and sent it for post mortem at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).

A family member said, “We have just returned from GMCH and we are in distraught. Akhtar Hussain had eloped with our child and his father had got them married. We received information of her murder yesterday and rushed to check out. We were told that she had hanged herself but we found no such signs there.”

“Officials from Boko Police Station also came to the spot and found no evidence of her committing suicide. Hence, we suspect the Akhtar and his family murdered as they are nowhere to be found now,” he added.

On the basis of the FIR filed by the victim’s father, Boko Police have initiated an investigation into the murder case. The family demanded that the murder accused husband Akhtar Hussain be detained and brought to justice at the earliest.