Man kills wife, informs brother-in-law

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: Suspecting infidelity, a man killed his wife using a sharp weapon and later called his brother-in-law to inform him about the act.

The incident took place on Wednesday in Moodalapalya and the jurisdictional police nabbed the accused, who was on the run, on Thursday morning.

The accused was identified as Shankar, a goods vehicle driver and a resident of Fourth Cross Shivananda Nagar in Bengaluru. He was married to the deceased 13 years ago and the couple had a daughter.

Speaking to News Trail, the Chandra Layout police said that the deceased, Geetha, 33, was a housewife. Her mother Rathnamma, works for a convention hall in Chandapura, and is a native of Tamil Nadu.

The incident came to light after Rathnamma came to see her daughter and grand-daughter on Wednesday afternoon but found the door of the house locked. When she called her son-in-law, Shankar, he said that they had gone out for some work.

Rathnamma returned to Chandapura. However while she was having dinner with her son at home, her son received a call from Shankar who informed them that he had killed Geetha. Shankar's mobile phone was switched off after that.

Shocked, the mother-son rushed to Moodalpalya and found Geetha lying dead on a sofa inside the house. Immediately, the police were alerted about the incident.

The police tracked and arrested Shankar within hours of the crime being reported.