Man charged with caning wife because lunch wasn’t ready

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A local man was arrested after police said he caned his wife for being late with his lunch.

Dressed in a white thobe, Khurshid Butt, 76, stood before Superior Court Judge Tracy Lee Dayton shaking his head.

A Pakistani citizen, Butt was charged Saturday with third-degree assault and disorderly conduct after police said he beat his 54-year-old wife with a cane.

“Ok,” Butt told the judge after she warned him to have no further contact with his wife while the case is pending.

Police said officers were dispatched to Butt’s Washington Avenue apartment after neighbors complained of a woman screaming.

Police said the wife had welts on her face and arms. She said her husband had awakened from his afternoon nap and demanded his lunch. When the wife replied she didn’t have it ready, police said Butt beat her with the cane.

He was released after posting $5,000 bond.