Couple dead after fight between them

A couple died today after allegedly attacking each other with sharp objects in a locality in Bihar's West Champaran district, a police officer said.
The incident took place in Palam City as a heated argument between Sohan Sah (58) and his wife Badami Devi (46) turned nasty and they fatally attacked each other with axes, Mufassil police station in-charge Jitendra Prasad said.
Both were found dead lying in a pool of blood when their 15 year-old son Bisharjan Kumar arrived at his family's farmhouse with food for his parents, he said.
Bodies have been sent for post-mortem, Prasad said, adding the couple, with a history of marital discord, had recently come to their farmhouse for short stay from Bansbaria Peepal Chowk under Town police station area of Bettiah town where they lived.

A team from Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) was on way to the district town from Patna to collect evidence for scientific probe into the incident, the police officer said.