A man from Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur sewed his wife’s genitals with an aluminium wire after he suspected her of having an extra-marital affair, according to media reports. The man who works as a driver, asked his wife to take a loyalty test, which she agreed to. After which he reportedly tied her hands and feet and sewed her genitals.

“The medical examination of the woman has confirmed that she has suffered serious injuries. We have arrested her husband, and he will be sent to jail. We are ensuring that she gets proper treatment at the district hospital,” Rampur SP Shogun Gautam told mediapersons.

According to India Today, the woman told the police that her husband used to beat her up often for no reason, “He suspects that I am having an extramarital affair and had asked me to prove my innocence. I had not even imagined that he would indulge in such a horrible act,” she said, according to news agency IANS.

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After the incident, the 24-year-old woman somehow informed her mother, who lives nearby, who she rushed her to the local community hospital. Her mother then filed a complaint at the Milak police station. The victim is receiving treatment at the district hospital in Rampur since then.

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The police officials asked the doctors to conduct a medical examination of the victim. After which the doctors confirmed the assault, police officials confirmed. The man was booked under various sections and was arrested later in the day.

Police said that the couple had been married for two years and had a baby who died soon after delivery.