BENGALURU: A 32-year-old man allegedly beat his homemaker wife to death before hanging himself from a ceiling fan at their home in Byadarahalli, West Bengaluru on Sunday afternoon.
V Manjunath
, a lathe operator from Sathanur in Kanakapura, and
M Roja
, 28, from Malavalli in Mandya, married four years ago. They would reportedly fight often over his consuming alcohol, her family told police. “They shifted to a rented house in Tigalarapalya earlier this year.
Manjunath allegedly beat
Roja
regularly,” police said.
They added: “On Sunday, afternoon,
neighbours heard Manjunath
and Roja fighting and Roja screaming and shouting. In the evening, a neighbour alerted the police control room that the main door was bolted from inside and the couple was not responding to his knock.” An investigating officer said: “We found Manjunath hanging and Roja lying dead on the floor. There was evidence of Roja being attacked.”