Indian-origin teacher arrested in US for attacking husband with knife for not cleaning the house

An Indian-origin woman working as a teacher assistant in a North Carolina elementary school has been arrested for allegedly attacking her husband with a knife after a dispute over house cleaning. The woman, identified as 44-year-old Chandraprabha Singh, was accused of “unlawfully, willfully, feloniously” cutting another person’s neck on Sunday, October 12, according to an arrest warrant cited by WBTV.

The incident took place at an apartment complex on Foxhaven Drive in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Singh, who works as a teacher assistant for grades K-3 at Endhaven Elementary School, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said the incident did not happen on school property and did not involve any students or staff.

What happened

According to the affidavit, the victim — identified as Singh’s husband, Arvind Singh — told officers that his wife became frustrated because he had not cleaned the house and “purposely attacked him with the knife.”

Singh gave a different account. She reportedly told investigators that she was preparing breakfast when her husband asked if he could help. Upset about the unclean house, she said she turned around while holding the knife and “accidentally” cut her husband in the neck.

Police said officers responded to the scene shortly after 10:49 am on October 12. By that time, Arvind Singh had already been taken to the hospital with a serious neck injury.

Court proceedings and release

After her arrest, Chandraprabha Singh was initially denied bond by a magistrate. During a court appearance on October 13, the bond was set at $10,000, and she was assigned a public defender.

Singh was released from jail on Monday under the conditions that she wear an electronic monitoring device and have no contact with her husband.

Source: WBTV