Rahul totally crazy, says wife

New Delhi: Wife of dismissed merchant navy sailor Rahul Matta said on Tuesday that she didn’t wish to speak about her husband as he was totally crazy. The couple had got married in a temple in Hardwar in September last year.

Rahul’s mother Vibha, however, said that her husband Ravinder was even ready to part with his house to ensure harmony and despite all that and other efforts to make amends with their son, he had to pay with his life.

Surrounded by relatives in the drawing room of the house, which was witness to the most brutal chapter in their family history, Ms Matta is at a loss for words. This is the same house where Rahul murdered his father two days ago and she had to lock herself in for safety. The house is also said to be at the centre of the dispute between the father and son.

“Matta Saab (her late husband) did everything he could to keep Rahul’s temper in check. As far as I can recall, neither of us ever hit our children. There was nothing from our side that instilled aggression in him. I would still lose my calm occasionally but even till his last days, my husband did everything to sort things out,” said Ms Matta.

The incident has left Ms Matta in a state of bewilderment. The shock also means she is at a loss for words and keeps her responses rather brief and avoids talking. But her son’s behaviour and her husband’s responses keep coming up.

Rahul’s relatives alleged that his parents didn’t approve of his marriage to a divorcee, who had two children. “After Rahul was disowned by his parents, nobody knows where he lived. We got to know that he had moved in with his wife at a rented accommodation,” said a relative. Meanwhile, on Tuesday Rahul was shifted to a hospital from Tihar jail.