Man with mental illness hacks wife to death in UP By IANS| Published: 19th February 2021 9:41 am IST Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 19 : A man suffering mental illness has allegedly hacked his wife to death in her sleep in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district. The police said that the man woke early Thursday, picked up a sickle and repeatedly attacked his wife as she was sleeping in their Gangoli village home. Hearing the woman’s screams, other family members rushed to their room and rescued her, but she died before she could receive medical aid. According to police, the accused, Sukhdev, who has been undergoing treatment for mental illness for a few years, is known to turn violent at times.