Imphal, July 3 -- A jobless man from Manipur, who was produced in court on charges of homicide, admitted to slashing his wife to death as part of a plan to take a second wife.

Md Mujibur Rahman (45), son of the late Md Abdur Rahman, of Keikhu Maning Leikai in Manipur's Imphal East district, was presented before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East.

He stands accused of killing his wife, Sima Sahani (44), an Anganwadi worker. A team from Porompat Police Station produced him in court and remanded him to judicial custody till July 14, an official confirmed on Thursday.

The Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that during interrogation in police custody, the accused admitted he had two daughters but no son, and had been planning to ...