In Rajasthan's Sikar district, a man asked for a cup of tea, but when his 25-year-old wife Pushpa refused to serve him, the man in a fit of rage, struck at his wife's head with an axe.
The husband in a further fit of remorse, committed suicide by jumping into a well. Relatives said, the man was mentally unstable.
The axe went six inches deep inside the lady's skull. Struck by the axe, Pushpa fell unconscious. She was rushed to a hospital by her neighbour Kamlesh.
Doctors in Jaipur performed a four-hour long surgery to prise out the axe from her skull. The woman is still in critical condition, said neuro-surgeon Dr H. Bagaria, who performed the surgery.
Doctors say, the woman, even if she survives, may not recover because the iron blade after breaking the skill hit a significant part of the brain. She may lose her sight and could be rendered paralytic, doctors said.
