Man kills wife after a fight over the decision to have a baby

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: The HAL police arrested a man for allegedly strangling his wife to death following a heated argument with her over the decision to have a baby.

The deceased was identified by the police as Girija, 30, who hailed from Bhatkal. Her husband, Naveen Kumar, has been arrested by the police following an investigation.

The police told News Trail that the accused was a native of Ramanagara and was employed by Modern Bread factory in Bengaluru for distributing stocks of bread to the factories and bakeries here.

Girija’s family earlier resided in Yeshwanthpur where they met Naveen Kumar and later fixed Girija’s marriage with Naveen with the consent of his family members.

The police said that the couple married eight months ago and Girija was a home-maker while Naveen continued his job.

It was learnt that Girija recently had an abortion and since then the couple had been constantly involved in an argument over the decision to have a baby.

Around 10:30 pm on Friday, the argument between the couple turned ugly when Naveen attacked his wife and strangled her to death in rage. Alerted about the incident, the police inspected the spot and arrested Naveen under murder charges. Further investigation is on.