A man speared his wife to death in a state of rage following a quarrel between the couple. During the fight on Thursday, the husband locked himself with the wife in a room as both their children played outside. After sometime, the children saw their father running out with clothes, stained in blood. When they went inside the room, they found their mother dead.

Pinki, 28, was married to Ajay Pal, a resident of Bareilly, nearly eight years ago, and the couple had two children. Recently, the family started staying at her maternal house, in Marena village. It is not yet clear why they were quarreling but Ajay was in an inebriated condition when the incident took place.