A 36-year-old man stabbed his wife to death due to a family quarrel in the Rishton district of the Fergana region, the press office of the Prosecutor General's Office informs "Daryo".

It was found that on March 23 at 01:55, 36-year-old D.D. (an amateur hafiz), a resident of the Rishton district lived with a 31-year-old woman M.B. without legal marriage. He quarreled with her over a family issue and injured her several times with a kitchen knife. The woman died at the crime scene.

For the situation, a criminal case was initiated under part 1 of Article 97 of the Criminal Code (intentional murder). The suspect was detained in a procedural order.

A preliminary investigation is currently underway.