Attempt to chop off tongue of Captain's husband

Jammu, Aug 2: Capt Chaitanya Bhatwadekar, husband of Capt Megha Razdan, who was found hanged from a ceiling fan in her official residence here, was assaulted by some unidentified people on the outskirts of the city last night, official sources today said.

Capt Bhatwadekar of 113 Engineers regiment, who is the main lead for investigative agencies in the death case of his wife Capt Razdan, was attacked by a group of three to four people near Army area at Kunjwani, police sources said.

There was reportedly an attempt to chop off the tongue of Capt Bhatwadekar who was later shifted to the 166 Military Hospital at Satwari, sources said.

''Investigation has to be done if someone else had tried to chop off Captain's tongue or he had done that himself,'' a police official told UNI.

Because of the wound, Capt Bhatwadekar was unable to give any statement on the incident, which appears as a ''blind story'', the official said.

The Army unit concerned, in its statement to police, has said the officer was assaulted by some people near its location, the official informed.

A case under Sections 341 and 323 of the RPC was registered at Gangyal police station. Meanwhile, the MH authorities as well as the Army were tight-lipped about the incident.

It may be recalled that police have collected several ''vital clues'' which buttress claims that female officer had been murdered at her official residence on the night of July 1.

Capt Razdan was found hanging from a ceiling fan with a bedsheet in a room of her official residence at Kunjawani.

Reportedly, there were thumb marks on Capt Razdan's neck and stomach, injury marks on her left leg and blood stains on her stomach.

Capt Razdan was married to Capt Bhatwadekar and both were deployed in the same regiment eight months ago.

UNI