A 40-year-old man allegedly dedicated suicide after his spouse refused to cook dinner egg curry in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, police mentioned on Tuesday.

The incident passed off in Sankara village below Sihawa police station limits on Monday night, a police official mentioned right here. As per the preliminary data, Tikuram Sen, the deceased, introduced house eggs on Monday night and requested his spouse to cook dinner curry.

She refused, saying it was the day of ‘Karu Bhaat’ pageant and he or she was going to look at a quick the following day, the official mentioned. ‘Karu Bhaat’ (a `bitter meal’ which features a dish of bitter gourd) is eaten the day earlier than the Teej pageant, noticed by married ladies in Chhattisgarh.

They eat it as their final meal of the day earlier than observing a ‘Nirjala’ quick the following day for the lengthy life and prosperity of their husbands. Apparently upset, Sen left the home and allegedly hanged himself from a close-by tree.

The police have despatched the physique for post-mortem and additional investigation to establish the precise motive for suicide is on, the official added.