Mangalore, October 30: In a barbaric incident, a man has killed his own wife for protesting his extra marital affair with a lady at Madya in Suratkal on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Renuka from Bijapur (22), wife of Shivappa from Bagalkot, who was working as a driver at a local firm in Suratkal vicinity. The couple has three children including a suckling.
It is said that a quarrel had broken out between the couple on Saturday morning, and in a fit of rage Shivappa tried to silence her by tightening a sari around her neck and in the process he killed her.
However, leaving his wife's dead body and little child alone at the house, he left for duty as if nothing had happened.
A few hours later, Shivappa was informed by one of his neighbours that his child was crying inside the house for a long time but no one was responding. Pretending as if he knew nothing, he came to house and shifted his wife Renuka to a hospital saying that she was fainted.
However, doctors, who found out that she was strangled to death informed the police. During interrogation Shivappa confessed to police that he killed her for protesting his affair with another lady.
A case has been registered at Suratkal police station.
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