CRPF Havildar Sombir Accused of Killing Wife in Rohtak, Fugitive After Attack
A CRPF havildar posted in Manipur has been accused of killing his wife with a sharp-edged weapon at their home in Bahu Akbarpur village in Rohtak district, Haryana, in an incident that has triggered a murder investigation and a search for the absconding accused.
The accused has been identified as Sombir, also referred to in some reports as Sombeer, son of Sube Singh. The victim was his wife, Manisha, who was 36 according to one account and 37 in another. She was a resident of Bahu Akbarpur and had married Sombir in 2009. The couple had two daughters, Anisha, 16, and Chaksu, around 14, and no son.
According to reports, Sombir returned to the village on 21 October without informing his wife, apparently hoping to surprise her. He is said to have hidden in a village street before Manisha spotted him and asked their daughter to call him home. Two days later, on Friday evening, the situation escalated into a fatal domestic dispute.
Police accounts place the attack at around 6:45 pm. Sombir allegedly attacked Manisha with a knife or another sharp-edged weapon, causing severe injuries. Most reports say her neck was badly cut, suggesting her throat was slit, while one account says she suffered a stab wound on the right side of the abdomen. In spite of the injuries and heavy bleeding, Manisha managed to reach neighbours for help. She later died while being taken to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak. The incident is reported to have taken place at or near an under-construction house in the village.
After the attack, Sombir fled and remained untraced. Bahu Akbarpur police, led by station in-charge Jasbir, also referred to as Jasbir Singh, reached the spot, secured the body, called in a Forensic Science Laboratory team to collect evidence and registered a murder case. A post-mortem examination was conducted on Saturday. DSP Tanuj Sharma has been associated with the investigation in some reports. Police are examining the circumstances of the killing as well as allegations of long-running domestic harassment.
Manisha’s brother, Narender, also referred to as Narendra, has alleged that she had faced sustained abuse over the couple having only daughters. He said Sombir’s mother, Kamlesh, repeatedly taunted Manisha for not bearing a son and spoke about arranging a second marriage for him. He further alleged that disputes involving Kamlesh and Sombir’s younger brother, Monu, forced Manisha to spend nearly a year at her parental home. According to Narender, she later returned after being assured that the harassment would stop, but the problem continued. As a result, Manisha had been living separately with her daughters in rented accommodation. Narender has named Sombir, Kamlesh and Monu in his police complaint.
Narender has also alleged that during a telephone conversation on Friday evening, Sombir threatened Manisha, saying words to the effect of, “Open the door. I will kill you today.” He said the call was answered by Anisha and that the threat could be heard in the background. Narender rushed to the village after learning of the call, but found the house locked and later came to know that Manisha had died at PGIMS.
He further claimed that Sombir had been honoured on Independence Day, 15 August, for killing four militants during an operation in Manipur. That claim has not been independently confirmed by the CRPF or local police. Earlier accounts also noted that the couple frequently argued.
The village has been described in local reporting as having a large number of residents serving in the armed forces. As of 24 October 2026, police were still searching for Sombir and no update on an arrest was available. The report is based on contemporaneous coverage by The Statesman, Dainik Tribune, Dainik Bhaskar, Amar Ujala and other local sources. Early details, including the exact nature of the injuries, vary slightly across reports pending full forensic findings.
